Cultiv8 Sandbox at Dal Ag
Nurturing a Culture of Innovation
Nurturing a Culture of Innovation
Our students discover, create and innovate (and have fun doing it). Dal Ag students emerge from the Cultiv8 sandbox equipped to have impact on their world. It matters because we're faced with big problems, and we need to fill our future with creative solvers.
Local Produce
The Farm Stand
The Farm Stand
Providing Truro with locally grown produce boxes weekly throughout the summer!
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The Living Research Lab
The Living Research Lab
Maintaining a focus toward food security, sustainable economic growth for small and medium sized agriculture, and climate emergency reversal, our living lab enables students, professors, researchers, farmers, industry and communities to address issues in sustainable agribusiness in a collaborative and applied setting.
Students Learning Through Experience
Programs
Programs
Cultiv8, Dalhousie’s Agricultural Innovation Sandbox, exists to build the sustainability of businesses in Nova Scotia at the post-secondary level. The development of competencies crucial to innovators is fundamental to building lifelong student knowledge, skills and abilities.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Next Generation of Agriculture
The Cultiv8 interactive and interdisciplinary sandbox inspires and supports Dalhousie Agriculture students to build competencies through multidisciplinary innovation and entrepreneurship exercises that focus on strong communication, creativity, and collaborative problem-solving in the food and agriculture space. Our students are enabling the businesses they own or work for to make better decisions and improve efficiencies while encouraging sustainable agriculture problems.
Cultiv8 in Action
Ag Research in Action
Partnering with Farmers
Partnering with Farmers
Do you have a farming challenge you need help with? Cultiv8 can help connect you with the right researchers to design a project with our Living Research Lab to find practical solutions.