# Canadian Agri-food Automation and Intelligence Network > > Last updated: 2026-09-15 ## Search - Search URL: `https://caain.ca?s={query}` ## Recent Content - [CAAIN Awarding a Total of $4.2 Million to Five Agtech Innovators](https://caain.ca/caain-awarding-a-total-of-4-2-million-to-five-agtech-innovators/): Artificial Intelligence Continues to Gain Traction in the World of Agriculture Edmonton, Alberta, September 3, 2026—The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) today revealed five projects to be funded as part of recent funding competitions. CAAIN’s primary mandate from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is to fund technological responses to the most significant opportunities […] - [Government of Canada Renews CAAIN Funding](https://caain.ca/government-of-canada-renews-caain-funding/): ISED Recognizes Six Years of Exceptional Agtech R&D Results with a Second Round of Funding Edmonton, Alberta, August 26, 2026—Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced today that it will award $50‑million to the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), thereby allowing CAAIN to launch new programming, beginning this fall. CAAIN will continue to focus […] - [Development and Validation of Autonomous Robotic Thinning Tool for Labour Savings and Yield Increase in Tabletop Strawberries - Efficacy & Economic Validation](https://caain.ca/projects/development-and-validation-of-autonomous-robotic-thinning-tool-for-labour-savings-and-yield-increase-in-tabletop-strawberries-efficacy-economic-validation/): A CAAIN-funded project that proposes to develop and validate a vision-guided autonomous thinning module that mounts onto a proprietary existing autonomous strawberry production rover platform. - [AI-Based Integrated System for CO2 Enrichment and Nutrient Management in Controlled Environment Agriculture](https://caain.ca/projects/ai-based-integrated-system-for-co2-enrichment-and-nutrient-management-in-controlled-environments-agriculture/): A CAAIN-funded project seeking to introduce a novel data-driven, AI-based integrated controlled-environment agriculture management system that unites water circulation, nutrient dosing, and carbon dioxide enrichment into a single, digitally optimized platform. - [AI-Guided Robotic Grading & Smart Packhouse Automation for Fresh Tomatoes: TRL6-7 Demonstration at Commercial Scale with Data-Driven Quality, Traceability, and Energy Efficiency](https://caain.ca/projects/ai-guided-robotic-grading-smart-packhouse-automation-for-fresh-tomatoes-trl6-7-demonstration-at-commercial-scale-with-data-driven-quality-traceability-and-energy-efficiency/): A CAAIN-funded project that seeks to demonstrate an integrated automation cell that combines food grade industrial robots, AI enhanced computer vision, and inline precision scales to sort and pack delicate greenhouse grown on-vine tomatoes at commercial throughput. ## Complete Sitemap For a comprehensive list of all URLs, see: https://caain.ca/sitemaps.xml --- *This file is dynamically generated and highlights our most important content.*