The industry group Eastern Canada Oilseed Development Alliance, or ECODA, and supercluster Protein Industries Canada have inked a deal with Dalhousie University and the University of Prince Edward Island to research plant protein-based food ingredients.
The collaboration, which Protein Industries Canada said in a press release is worth $350,000, is aimed at “laying the groundwork” for an expanded plant protein industry in Atlantic Canada.
Like Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, Protein Industries Canada provides matching funds for research and development projects. The federally funded