/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Minister Ritz to announce major investment in research to boost Canadian agriculture, fisheries & aquaculture industries/

SASKATOON, SK, July 20, 2015 /CNW/ - The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; accompanied by Brad Trost, Member of Parliament Saskatoon Humboldt, will announce the results of Genome Canada's  Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition – Genomics and Feeding the Future.

Also present at the announcement will be:

• The Hon. Lyle Stewart, Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture
• Mr. Lorne Hepworth, Chair, Genome Canada
• Mr. Todd Lewis, Western Grains Research Foundation Board member
• Dr. Reno Pontarollo, President and CEO, Genome Prairie
• Dr. Karen Chad, Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan

Dignitaries and media are invited on a laboratory tour for photo opportunities and interviews.

Date:	July 21, 2015
Time:	Announcement at 1:30 p.m. CST Tour at 2:15 p.m. CST
Location:	University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture and Bioresources 51 Campus Drive Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 5A8 Announcement: Main Floor Atrium, Agriculture Building Tour: 2nd Floor – Wheat Molecule Breeding Lab (AG 2E75)

SOURCE Genome Canada

Scott French, Director of Communications and Parliamentary Affairs, Office of the Minister of State (Science and Technology), 343-291-2700; Andrea Matyas, Director, Communications, Genome Canada, 613-790-0106, [email protected]; Media Relations, Industry Canada, 343-291-1777