Bioproducts

Ontario’s emerging bioeconomy has the potential to significantly impact the agricultural and food processing industries in a very positive manner. OMAFRA is helping to create new opportunities for the use of biobased feedstocks in the manufacture of biobased products. Identifying new uses for agricultural and food processing residues increases their value, allows these industries to participate in new value chains, and thereby significantly contributes to the economic development of both rural communities and Ontario as a whole.

This website provides information related to bioproducts and the bioeconomy, covering such topics as bioenergy, biofuels, biomaterials, biochemicals conferences and meetings and other related subjects.

Table of Contents

1. General Information
2. Bioenergy
3. Biomaterials
4. Biochemicals
5. Useful Web links
6. Conferences and Events
   

General Information

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada- Helping create new opportunities in Bioproducts
• The Canada’s Bioproducts industry, 2003 and 2006
• ELORIN study- Biomass to rural vitality report
• BIOTECanada- The Canadian Blueprint document on biobased economy
• Is the Emerging Bioeconomy part of the future?
• Life Sciences and Bioproducts
• Bioproducts
• Primer on Bioproducts
• Industry Canada - Innovation road map on Bio-based Feedstocks, Fuels and Industrial Products
• Ontario bioproducts strategy
• An assessment of the opportunities and challenges of a bio-based economy for Agriculture and Food Research in Canada
• Biomass as a feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts industry: The technical feasibility of a Billion- Ton Annual Supply
• Industrial Bioproducts: Today and Tomorrow
• Non-Food/ Non-Feed Industrial Uses For Agricultural Products
• Non-Food/ Non-Feed Industrial Uses of Agricultural products for Alberta
• Canadian Bioproducts Survey- Summary results-2005
• David Suzuki Foundation- Smart Generation: Powering Ontario with Renewable Energy
• A Canadian Biomass Inventory: Feedstocks for a biobased Economy
• Analysing Ontario Biofuel options: Greenhouse gas mitigation efficiency and costs
• Crop Life Canada- Innovation and Partnership in the Bio-Economy
• Agri. and Agri. Food Canada- Bioproducts Development Survey: analysis of the summary of results
• Towards Canadian R & D Strategy for Bioproducts & Bioprocesses
  
  

Bioenergy

Biomass Crops

• Switchgrass Cost of Production
• Bio-Energy Crops Research, Nov 2008
• Crop Residues - Your Future Cash Crop? June 2009
• Is Biomass Heat a Future Enterprise for Your Farm? Nov 2008

Biofuels

Ethanol

• Ethanol
• The Ethanol Boom
• News Release- Province Investing in Ontario's Ethanol Producers
• Ontario Ethanol Growth Fund
• Ministry of Environment- Frequently asked questions: Ethanol blended Gasoline

Biodiesel

• On farm biodiesel production
• Biodiesel - general information
• Infosheet: Biodiesel Use On-farm?
• Comparing Bio-oils for Use as Biodiesel Fuel
• A critical cost benefit analysis of oilseed biodiesel in Canada
• Natural Resources Canada- What is Biodiesel
• US- National Renewable Energy Laboratory- Biodiesel Production Technology
• Biodiesel- A primer
• A critical Review of biodiesel as a transportation fuel in Canada

Biogas

• Anaerobic Digestion Basics
• Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas
• Ontario biogas systems financial assistance program
• Ontario Large Herd Operators- European Anaerobic Digestion tour report
• The financial feasibility of anaerobic digestion for Ontario's livestock industries

Bioheat

• Making Green Energy Happen: Policies and priorities-workshop presentations and conference report; Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management, The University of Western Ontario
• Biomass Resource Options: Creating a Bioheat supply for the Canadian Greenhouse Industry
• Feedstock to Furnace: Bioenergy Systems for the Ontario Greenhouse industry
• Use of Biomass for heating greenhouses in Ontario: Rules and Best management practices
  

General

• OCETA SDTC- Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report
• Biofuels
• Biofuel Technology Handbook
• Biodiesel and the economic impact on Canadian producers
• A critical review of biodiesel as a transportation fuel in Canada
• A Biodiesel Primer
• Biodiesel basics- Biodiesel association of Canada
• The Canadian Biodiesel industry: An analysis of potential feedstocks
• Ethanol 101- Frequently asked questions
• How fuel ethanol is made from corn
• Cellulosic ethanol- Biofuel Beyond Corn
• The Canadian conference on industrial bioproduct innovation presentations
• Achieving sustainable production of agricultural biomass for biorefinery feedstock
  
  

Biomaterials

• Biobased materials for a sustainable future
• Biocomposites in automotive manufacturing
• Biofibres market development project for eastern Ontario
• Biobased and biodegradable plastics 101
• Biopolymers- factsheet
  
  

Biochemicals

• Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
• US- Department of Energy- Top value added chemicals from biomass - Volume I
• US- Department of Energy- Top value added chemicals from biomass - Volume II
• Biochemicals from Corn

Useful Web Links

Ontario

• Ontario Bioproducts
• Ontario Innovation agenda and the Bioeconomy
• Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation- Regional Innovation networks
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources- Forest Biomass
• OMAFRA- University of Guelph research projects
• Bioproducts at Guelph
• Ontario bioauto council
• Agri-innovation group of Ontario- Bioenterprise, MarsLanding, Ontario Agri-food Technologies & Soy 20-20
• Ontario sustainable energy association
  

Canada

• Agriculture and Agri. Food Canada- Bio-products and Bio-fuels Inquiries Line
• Agriculture and Agri. Food Canada- Biomass, Biorefineries, Biomass inventory mapping tool
• Bioportal- Biotechnology, Govt. of Canada
  
• Canadian Forest Bioproducts
• On Bioproducts, British Columbia
• Natural Resources Canada- RET Screen (renewable energy software tool)
• Government of Canada- Clean energy technology portal
• Contact Canada- search engine for database of industries
• Canadian Life Sciences Database
• Genome Canada- Position papers on agriculture and bioproducts
• Canadian Biomass Innovation Network
• REAP- Resource Efficient Agricultural Production
• Canadian Bioenergy Association
• Canadian Renewable Fuels Association
  

USA

• Bio Blogs and Podcasts
• US National Renewable Energy Laboratory- Biomass
• US-Department of energy- Biomass programs
• US-Department of energy- Biomass feedstock composition and property database
• US- Bioenergy Feedstock information network
• USDA- database search
• US-Agricultural Research Service Magazine- Special edition on bioenergy
• Wisconsin Biorefining Development Initiative
• Iowa State University- Agricultural marketing resource centre- a national information resource or value added agriculture
• Purdue University- Integrative Centre for biotechnology and Engineering
• Purdue University- New crops resources online
• National Agricultural Biotechnology Conference 20- conference streaming videos related to Bioeconomy
• National Sustainable Agricultural Information Service- ATTRA
• Global Biomass Network

Europe

• OECD- The Bioeconomy to 2020: Designing a Policy Agenda
• Europe - Europabio-Biobased economy
• Europe- Biomat- Crops for energy and industry in Europe
• Europe - Biomat- Crops for energy and industry in Europe
• UK- National Non food crops centre
• International Renewal Energy Agency
• Global Bioenergy Partnership
  

Research & Commericialization grant funding programs

• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs- Research Funding Opportunities
• Agriculture and Agri. Food Canada
• Agricultural Adaptation Council
• Ontario-Select Government programs for businesses
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - Programs and Services
• Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
• Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
• Ontario Ministry of Revenue
• Natural Resources Canada- Programs and Initiatives
• Sustainable Technology Development Canada

Conferences and Events