Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food

Alliance funding farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and measuring the results.

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What a company can get

Million Acre ChallengeFirst trial

What it gives: Cost share for farmers adopting regenerative practices: $31 an acre in year 1, $25 in year 2 and $12.50 in year 3, with half paid before each year's work. Advisors get $1,000 to $2,000 per farmer in year 1. Farmers also get outcome measurement and modelling.
Line up first: Farmers must farm in Southwest Ontario and grow corn in year 1
Enrol a set number of acres for all three years and add at least one new eligible practice
Advisors must be Ontario Certified Crop Advisors or Professional Agrologists and attend onboarding
When the cash lands: 50% of each year's payment before the practices go in. Six payments over three years
Intake: Not published. Started with Flagship Farmers in 2026
Where it might lead: Tools that measure or support these practices could be offered to enrolled farms. Our read.

Source: canza.ca, read 3 November 2026

CANZA PartnersScale

What it gives: Companies join an alliance for climate-smart agriculture. Partners get strategic insights and tools, a common measurement framework and a chance to shape and scale solutions. Fees are not published.
Line up first: Download the CANZA Member Overview
Contact the CANZA team
When the cash lands: Not published
Intake: Open. Join Now and Contact Us pages
Where it might lead: Take part in on-farm projects with brand and retail partners.

Source: canza.ca, read 3 November 2026

CANZA MarketplaceFirst sale

What it gives: A platform bringing together climate-smart agriculture funding and learning resources for farmers.
Line up first: not published
When the cash lands: Not published
Intake: Not published
Where it might lead: List or find climate-smart support for farm customers.

Source: canza.ca, read 3 November 2026

More about CANZA

Where it sitsClean tech

CANZA pays farmers and their advisors to try climate-smart practices and measures the results, which builds a path for tools that lower emissions on farms.

Adoption stage. It pays for practice change on farms and counts the outcomes that buyers want.

Not established from the sources we reviewed

Partner fees
Whether the Million Acre Challenge will widen beyond Southwest Ontario
Whether technology companies can list on the Marketplace

Questions a company might ask

Could my tool help farms in the Million Acre Challenge? What does CANZA membership cost and give a small company? Will CANZA programs come to the Prairies?

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Is this right for CANZA?

Tell us what we got wrong, what is missing, and where companies get stuck before or after you. By 5 PM Central, Friday 13 November for our partner follow-up.

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