The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $3 million and launching the third intake of the Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to help farmers implement projects to improve the energy efficiency of their farming operations.
Announced Tuesday, the funding will help local agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products businesses across the province “enhance their competitiveness, put more money back into their pockets, and keep workers on the job,” said a provincial release.
As part of the initiative – which is being funded through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership - successful applicants can receive between $10,000 to $90,000 for energy efficiency improvements, including the replacement of inefficient on-farm technologies, installing geothermal heating and adopting high efficiency motor, ventilation, heating, cooling, refrigeration, grain drying and lighting systems.
This third intake of the ASI builds on the up to $12.5 million already invested to support more than 870 projects since 2023.