New $ 3.5M gift will elevate Canada’s poultry and egg industry

Improving innovation and sustainability in the Canadian poultry and egg sector is the goal of a new $3.5 million gift from the William and Lynne Gray Foundation and L.H. Gray & Son Limited to the University of Guelph.

The gift will create the Bill and Lynne Gray Chair in Advanced Poultry Technology Management in the Department of Animal Biosciences within the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC).

With the goal of elevating the Canadian poultry and egg sector on the global market, the gift will help advance technologies and systems that are key to sustainable and profitable production.

The chair will contribute significantly to the planning and operations of the Ontario Poultry Research Centre in Elora, Ont., which will provide essential space for innovative research. The Ontario Poultry Research Centre is owned by the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario and managed by U of G through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.

Read the full story on the U of G News site: New $ 3.5M Gift to Elevate Canada’s Poultry and Egg Industry Globally