AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS

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1 AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS FOR SOCIETY Connecting Educators Conference October 22, 2013 Toronto, Ontario Gord Surgeoner, Ph.D. Ontario Agri-Food Technologies

2 Farm Associations Dairy Farmers of Ontario Egg Farmers of Ontario Grain Farmers of Ontario Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Assoc. Ontario Pork Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Assoc. Universities/Colleges Conestoga College Trent University University of Guelph Industry Advanced Micro Polymers Ag Energy Co-operative Ltd. BASF Canada Inc. Bayer CropScience Canada Bioenterprise Corporation BIOMAR Inc. BIOX Corporation Canadian Seed Trade Assoc. Dow AgroSciences GreenField Ethanol Guelph Junction Railway Co. IGPC Ethanol Inc. INAC Services Limited Ingredion Canada Incorporated Life Sciences Ontario MNP LLP Monsanto Canada Inc. Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited Polymer Distribution Inc. Royal Bank of Canada SPB Solutions Inc. Sevita International Syngenta Canada, Inc. WhiteCloud Innovations Government City of Guelph City of Port Colborne Affiliates Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation Special thanks to OMAFRA and AAFC

3 Traditional agriculture Food and feed cannibalizing

4 New Opportunities Expand markets don t cannibalize New Use Cars Fibres Chemicals Traditional Ethanol Plastics Motor Oils Diesel

5 Spheres of Activity Food/Health Feed Industrial

6 Evolution The Economist December, 2003

7 Food Freedom Day 2013 If you ate today, thank a farmer! Thursday February 14 th was Food Freedom Day, the day when the average Canadian consumer has earned enough income to pay their individual grocery bill for the entire year.

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9 Nottingham University Azotic Technologies have licensed the nitrogen fixing technology for 200 crops from Nottingham University Strong international track record in developing new technologies and collaboration with industry Number 1 ranking out of the top 100 UK Universities for agriculture and food sciences Past successes include MRI scanner technology (Nobel prize-winning research), novel vaccines, medical device for heart rate monitoring, nanoparticle production spin-out company, antimicrobial catheters & others

10 N-Fix Nitrogen Fixation

11 PlantForm awarded US$1.8 million to develop medical countermeasure against chemical threats Project focus is low-cost, plant-based production and purification of butyrylcholinesterase enzyme November 20, 2012 New funding expands HIV antibody program The Government of Canada provides additional support to PlantForm for its next phase of drug development August 12, 2013

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13 Adjacent greenhouses (tomatoes)

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17 BioAmber announces biobased succinic acid plant in Ontario, Canada MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - BioAmber Inc., through its subsidiary Bluewater Biochemicals has selected Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as the location for its first North American biosuccinic acid plant. The Sarnia plant will have an initial capacity of 17,000 MT and will be commissioned in Permitting work for the plant was initiated in June BioAmber currently produces and sells biobased succinic acid at a 3,000 MT capacity plant in France.."Sarnia has tremendous potential as a sustainable chemistry cluster. The unique combination of chemical infrastructure, skilled labor, educational facilities, competitive transportation costs and proximity to some of Canada's richest agricultural land makes Sarnia an excellent choice," said Mike Hartmann, Executive VP of BioAmber. "These provincial and federal programs have put Ontario and Canada at the forefront of sustainable development and in strong position to compete globally for foreign investment by renewable chemical and material companies. These programs were instrumental in BioAmber's decision to invest in Ontario," he added.

18 Soy-Polyol foam in automobiles Promise with Competitive Technologies Price Neutral Improved properties over synthetic polyol Adaptable with minimum adjustment of existing process 100% Polyol replacement possible Brookestone Cargill, Soy Polyurethane Systems, Dow and 6 others; BASF? Source: Dr. Mohini Sain University of Toronto Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing

19 Competitive Green Technologies

20 University of Guelph vehicle fleet 100% of fleet running on 98% soybean engine oil Hydraulics, chain saw oil

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23 I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it s been. --Wayne Gretzky, National Hockey League Hall of Fame inductee