Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is putting money into developing a new type of bioreactor that will turn farm waste into fertilizer.
This process was developed specifically for Canada's cooler climate.
It achieves high-performance anaerobic digestion of farm waste at lower temperatures - significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and using less energy.
Federal officials point out the end result is a fertilizer farmers can use on their farms or sell as an additional income stream.
The 1 point 5 million dollar investment is part of the 37 point 6 million the government has set aside for rehabilitating and modernizing selected AAFC research stations and labs across the country.
The bioreactor research is being done at the Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre in Quebec.
