Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · Grant program
Food Waste Reduction Challenge
The Challenge supports new innovations and solutions which can help address the problem of food waste and loss across the supply chain, thereby reducing the associated economic, environmental and social costs of food waste.
- Total value
- $16.7M
- Agreements
- 64
- Mar 2021 to Dec 2023
- Median agreement
- $100K
- Typical range
- $100K–$400K
- the middle half of agreements
Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.
See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s website.
Who got it
Organizations with the most funding under this program.
Plus 1 agreements ($100K) to individuals, sole proprietors and recipients this site does not name. They count in every total above. Why
By year
Agreements by the year they started.
| Year | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $2.4M |
| 2022 | 33 | $7.9M |
| 2023 | 7 | $6.3M |
By province
| Province or territory | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | 27 | $7M |
| Quebec | 14 | $5.4M |
| Nova Scotia | 5 | $1.1M |
| British Columbia | 6 | $949K |
| Alberta | 6 | $900K |
| New Brunswick | 3 | $649K |
| Manitoba | 2 | $549K |
| Outside Canada or not stated | 1 | $100K |
By type of recipient
As the department classified the recipient.
| Recipient type | Agreements | Total |
|---|---|---|
| For-profit organizations | 56 | $15.6M |
| Not-for-profit organizations and charities | 3 | $600K |
| Academia | 3 | $300K |
| International (non-government) | 1 | $100K |
| Indigenous recipients | 1 | $100K |
Latest agreements
| Start | Recipient | What for | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2023 | Jus LOOP Inc. | LOOP SynergiesGrant | $1,500,000 |
| Dec 2023 | Still Good Inc. | Advanced processing technologies for the treatment and development of value-added organic ingredientsGrant | $1,500,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Genecis Bioindustries Inc. | Upcycling municipal and industrial food waste into compostable bioplastics.Grant | $999,999 |
| Apr 2023 | Clean Works Inc. | Clean Flow In-the-Field Hydroxyl-radical treatment of pre-harvest fruits & vegetables to extend shelf-life and enhance food safety while retaining nutritive, sensory characteristicsGrant | $999,999 |
| Apr 2023 | Aruna Revolution Health Inc. | Aruna Revolution: Fight for your Bodies, Fight for the Planet with Compostable Menstrual PadsGrant | $449,383 |
| Jan 2023 | Carbon Lock Technologies Inc. | Conversion of Food Waste into Stable Biocarbon as a Carbon Sequestration and Methane Reduction SolutionGrant | $449,383 |
| Jan 2023 | ALT TEX Inc. | Biodegradable Fabric Engineered from Food WasteGrant | $449,383 |
| Dec 2022 | Clean Works Inc. | Clean Flow In-the-Field - Hydroxyl-radical plasma treatment of pre-harvest fruit & vegetables to extend shelf-life and enhance food safety while retaining nutritive, sensory characteristicsGrant | $449,383 |
| Dec 2022 | Chinova Bioworks Inc. | Using the power of mushrooms Chinova's clean-label solution improves the quality, freshness and shelf-life of food and beverage products which promotes the reduction of food waste from farm-to-forkGrant | $449,383 |
| Dec 2022 | Genecis Bioindustries Inc. | Upcycling municipal and industrial food waste into compostable bioplasticsGrant | $449,383 |
| Jun 2022 | Outcast Foods Inc | Outcast Foods - Upcycled NutritionGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Food Cycle Science Corporation | Residential On-Site Food Waste Diversion for Northen, Rural, and Remote CommunitiesGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Recycling Congress of Ontario | Food rescue & organics diversion by facilitating service sharing between neighbouring IC&I businesses, Canada's largest source of food waste, to reduce GHG emissions, waste & costGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Jus LOOP Inc. | LOOP Synergies gives food manufacturers access to upgraded foods by transforming them into stable ingredients in various forms. It means joining forces for an exponential impactGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Still Good Inc./Toujours Bon Inc. | Advanced processing technologies for the treatment and development of value-added organic ingredientsGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | The Station Food Company (2019) Ltd | A replicable, turn-key solution for converting unmarketable fresh produce from waste to value-added food products for local institutional use and by-products for various usesGrant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Savormetrics Inc. | Grant | $400,000 |
| Jun 2022 | Abokichi Inc. | Harnessing century-old practices from Japan to upcycle okara, the nutritious soybean pulp from tofu/soymilk production, into innovative and delicious productsGrant | $400,000 |
| May 2022 | Top Grade Ag | A pro-active on-farm grain drying process using bin instrumentation and a web-based app to preserve food quality and reduce waste by eliminating reliance on mother nature to field dry broad acre cropsGrant | $400,000 |
| May 2022 | TriCycle Inc. | With a circular economy approach, TriCyle breeds highly nutritious edible insects with a low carbon footprint by upcycling locally recovered food residues and transforming its waste into fertilizerGrant | $400,000 |
| May 2022 | Champignons frais | Blanc de gris reduces food waste through its innovative circular economy mycoculture process, which transforms brewery grains into a substrate for growing gourmet mushrooms.Grant | $400,000 |
| May 2022 | Vivid Machines Inc. | Vivid Machines provides fruit growers with a real-time sensor and computer vision system to digitize production and provide insights to prevent quality issues, reducing food waste and increasing profitabilityGrant | $400,000 |
| Mar 2022 | Université Laval | Boosted dietary fibers: A sustainable and innovative process to valorize 100% of wheyGrant | $100,000 |
| Jan 2022 | Membertou Development Corporation | Developing grey seal processing capacity in Nova Scotia by repurposing underutilized infrastructure to support full blomass utilizationGrant | $100,000 |
| Jan 2022 | 9380-2932 Québec Inc. | Grant | $100,000 |