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Title:

Cascadia Seaweed's Sustainable Agrifeed Solution

Agreement Number:

1029470

Agreement Value:

$2,634,977.76

Agreement Date:

Mar 4, 2025 - Jun 30, 2027

Description:

Cascadia Seaweed aims to build a large-scale seaweed farm to deliver a sustainable agrifeed product. This project will result in three key innovations: 1. Deploy a large-scale ocean farm in Canada to grow enough seaweed for a minimum viable agrifeed product 2. Cost effective, low energy, high throughput seaweed processing technologies 3. A tested sustainable agrifeed product With access to high volumes of cost-effective seaweed, Canada is able to start addressing the increasing demand for raw material without reliance on foreign markets. Canada currently imports >90% of seaweed and the annual demand increases by ~8-14%. The project outcomes enable Canadian companies to be cost competitive with larger foreign markets while addressing climate change, food insecurity, and economic instability within Canada. Seaweed growth provides significant environmental benefits such as carbon capture and habitat creation, and these benefits scale-up with the amount of seaweed cultivated. There are additional benefits to utilizing the crop as an agrifeed solution; by increasing the resiliency of the livestock industry though a myriad of impacts, such as improved feed conversion ratio (5%), reduction of enteric methane (15%), and reduced reliance of land based crops for livestock feed. The improved feed conversion and improved product quality also make this solution economically viable by farmers.

Organization:

National Research Council Canada

Expected Results:

The NRC-IRAP Clean Technology Program will support Canadian SMEs in the research and development of sustainable development technologies, up to their commercialization, with the potential to deliver economic and environmental outcomes.

Location:

Sidney, British Columbia, CA V8L 3A4

Reference Number:

172-2024-2025-Q4-1029470

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

790243273

Recipient Type:

For-profit organization

Recipient's Legal Name:

Cascadia Seaweed Corp.

Federal Riding Name:

Saanich--Gulf Islands

Federal Riding Number:

59027

Program:

Industrial Research Assistance Program – Clean Technology

Program Purpose:

Coverage:

NRC-IRAP Clean Technology projects stimulate wealth creation for Canada through sustainable development technological innovation, while improving Canada’s environmental indicators related to greenhouse gas emissions (GCG), waste management, air quality or drinking water based on the types of sustainable development technologies that will be supported.│Les projets de technologies propres du PARI-CNRC stimulent la création de richesse pour le Canada grâce à l’innovation technologique en matière de développement durable, tout en améliorant les indicateurs environnementaux du Canada liés aux émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), à la gestion des déchets, à la qualité de l’air ou à l’eau potable en fonction des types de technologies de développement durable qui seront soutenues.