Food Distribution Chain Management in Northern Ontario

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AgriTech North
Dryden, Ontario, Canada
Project
Academic experience
100 hours per Student
Student
Anywhere
Advanced level

Project scope

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Skills
meat products distribution strategies business planning management
Details

There is no hard data for food distribution between Winnipeg, Manitoba and Ottawa, Ontario, that we have found thus far. We are about to enter into a business planning phase to generate multiple sources of data from vendors and distributors within Northern Ontario. There are significant quantities of reports conducted, however, on surveys and overall industry assessments. Distribution throughout Northern Ontario remains the primary challenge to ensuring our organization meets its social mission of increasing access of Far North communities to fresh produce, and lowering cost of produce in the Far North by at least 25%. We need a firm understanding of distribution chain issues and establish a solid plan to achieve our goal.

We are in the process of establishing a non-profit food hub in the same facility we are growing produce, which would expand the available goods from just produce grown in vertical farms and greenhouses, to prepared foods and meat products, which may be advantageous to the distribution strategy since we will then more likely be able to ship full trucks and/or planes.

Deliverables
No deliverables exist for this project.
Mentorship

Benjamin has taught independent studies, led capstone projects, and fulfilled internships/co-ops for mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, computer scientists, and architects. He has fulfilled such obligations with positive results for more than fifty students ranging in practice from research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to industry experience.

About the company

Company
Dryden, Ontario, Canada
0 - 1 employees
Agriculture

AgriTech North is an Indigenous- (Métis), disabled-, and LGBTQ-owned social enterprise corporation with a mission to grow nutritious food for Northern Ontario, focusing on Far North indigenous communities, that is of a consistently high quality, available year-round, and provided at a competitive price. The facility will be located in Dryden, Ontario, Canada to harness the waste heat, energy, and carbon from the Domtar Mill, establishing a Biohub with carbon negative operations. Dryden is ideal because of favorable transportation capabilities throughout the region and workforce access. The revenue from the food sold will ensure it is self-sustaining long-term as a research center. After proving the success of novel methods, AgriTech North will expand successful research projects throughout Canada to tackle a wider variety of food security issues throughout the country, made possible in part via several academic and indigenous partnerships.