AIVA expands EMILI’s Manitoba-made ag-tech validation model across Canada (Manitoba Co-Operator)

A made-in-Manitoba approach to testing ag-tech is going national.

The Agriculture Innovation, Validation and Adoption Network, or AIVA, launched in May 2026. It was co-founded by Manitoba-based Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative (EMILI), Indiana-based Wabash Heartland Innovation Network (WHIN) and Farm Credit Canada.

“We’re seeing a natural extension of the work that’s happening at EMILI Innovation Farms on the other farms that are involved across the country,” said EMILI CEO Jacqueline Keena.

Read the full story by Don Norman in the Manitoba Co-operator.