Rural Agribusiness Development

Reviving and improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people living in rural areas.

Project Purpose: Assist private inventor to develop a commercialization strategy for a new skid steer attachment used for changing commercial sprayer and industrial equipment tires.
Services: Intellectual Property Market Research
Project Purpose: Lead for the development of a 3 year pilot project to establish a private angel investor network comprised of investors from the agriculture and agrivalue industry.
Project Outcome: The pilot project was successful and allowed investment into new agrivalue companies from investors and mentors that understood the industry and wanted to invest back into it.
Services: Project Management, Investment
Project Purpose: Team lead for of the Alberta Bioenergy Grant Programs to assist in the development of Bioenergy capacity in Alberta. The grant program consisted of three streams with a combined value of $239 million.
Services: Project Management, Grant Administration
Project Purpose: To provide the Province of Alberta with an estimate of potential organic waste stream volumes from agrifood processors for bioenergy production.
Services: Industry Surveys, Database Development
Project Purpose: Lead the Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Chemicals Team to identify commercial cosmetic and personal care ingredient opportunities for Alberta crops.
Services: Investment Attraction
Project Purpose: Analysis of innovative value-added meat products, product form, attributes and meat processing equipment for use by meat processors wishing to start or expand value-added meat processing capacity in Alberta.
Services: Market Opportunity Assessment
Project Purpose: Research sustainable packaging (biopolymers from canola oil) for food products, bio-medical and cosmetic and personal care sector
Services: Market Opportunity Assessment
Project Purpose: Complete a business case for establishment of cereal protein processing pilot plant. Applications for pilot plant extraction of barley proteins for nutraceuticals, textile applications, cosmetics for skin and hair care products, food packaging and meat casings.
Project Outcome: Successful federal funding application for a $ 4.5 M bioprocessing pilot plant.
Services: Business Case Development, Project Management
Project Purpose: Meat processing industry consultations and impact assessment for increasing interprovincial trade of provincially inspected meat facilities.
Services: Industry Consultations
Project Purpose: Complete a business plan and investor package for angel investment, purchase of new equipment and inventory buyout.
Services: Business Plan
Project Purpose: Assessment study of the haskap berry ingredient market, equipment review and financial projections.
Services: Business Plan
Project Purpose: Developed a business plan and financing package for the purchase of a gasoline and general store, including market research for convenience items and obtaining liquor license.
Services: Business Plan
Project Purpose: Create an economic model for a 1000 tonne per day canola crush and refining facility.
Services: Business Case
Project Purpose: Complete a business plan for a commercial seed potato grower looking at financial returns for the farm based on varying production scenarios.
Services: Business Plan
Project Purpose: Discover the potential of a commercial anerobic digester for the livestock industry.
Services: Feasibility Study
Project Purpose: Economic assessment for an elk farming operation to assist elk producers when considering investment in a new elk farm.
Services: Farm Management
Project Purpose: Complete an opportunity analysis and financial projections for the expansion of an existing forage processing business.
Services: Business Case
Project Purpose: Conduct a technical and market study assessing consumer willingness to purchase grass feed beef compared to commodity AAA beef.
Services: Market Research, Consumer Testing, Technical Analysis
Project Purpose: Market study of greenhouse crops for a large commercial greenhouse utilizing waste heat and CO2 from a large-scale pulp mill.
Services: Feasibility Study
Project Purpose: Develop a gluten plant.
Services: Market Research
1. Project Purpose: ALMA investment for development of an on farm liquid hog waste-to-potable water treatment plant.
Services: Business Plan, Project Management
2. Project Purpose: Look at the feasibility of removing or “stripping” ammonia from a biodigester to produce a concentrated nitrogen fertilizer that can be sold commercially or applied by a farmer to the field.
Services: Feasibility Study
Project Purpose: Complete a lean manufacturing study for a flour mill which included: process flow diagram, equipment review, productivity and efficiency gains, waste elimination options, process improvement and automation options.
Services: Lean Manufacturing Study
Project Purpose: Analysis and economic modeling for hemp decortication facility and seed crush plant. Included a market assessment of hemp oil and bast fibre products for textile and commercial applications.
Services: Market Analysis, Economic Modeling
Project Purpose: Develop a 70,000 tonne per year oat groat and flaking plant including preliminary engineering.
Services: Business Plan, Project Management
Project Purpose: Develop an Agrifood Growth strategy for the Palliser region of southern Alberta including cluster and bubble maps and agribusiness case profiles.
Services: Strategy Development, Business Opportunity Profiles
Project Purpose: Complete a business opportunity assessment for a pet food plant to look at new packaging lines and market opportunities.
Services: Farm Management
Project Purpose: Assist in a Public Share Offering and community investment for the development of a 25 million litre per year; 10,000 head feedlot near Broadview, Saskatchewan
Services: Public Share Offering, Community/Agriculture Investment
Project Purpose: Demand assessment for the development of a regional food incubation and training centre.
Services: Feasibility Study
Project Purpose: Integration of existing hog operation with biogas plant, ethanol facility and 2.4 MW combined heat and power generation unit.
Services: Feasibility Study, Business Plan, Project Management
Project Purpose: Complete a business plan and valuation of a veterinary hospital in British Columbia.
Services: Business Plan
Project Purpose: Assist in project management, business structure, project financing and development of a business plan for large scale hog operation in the Peace Country of Alberta.
Services: Project Management, Business Plan, Farm Management
Project Purpose: Aid with funding applications, process flow diagrams, equipment review, market study, packaging and labelling assessment and assistance with product placement into Sobeys.
Services: Market Research, Business Case Development
1. Project Purpose: Develop a position paper for the development the alternative energy industry in Alberta to look at options and incentives for the development of solar, geo-thermal, wind and bioenergy.
Services: Policy Development

2. Project Purpose: Complete solar, wind, geothermal and bioenergy opportunity profiles for use in attracting alternative energy companies to southern Alberta.
Services: Business Opportunity Profiles
Project Purpose: Complete a starch waste stream assessment of Alberta to profile starch supply and logistics for prospective bioenergy projects.
Services: Business Case

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"KBS provides clients with clear, concise and achievable project plans. They are results oriented and consistently provided reliable services along with great communication. I was pleased with their service and would highly recommend them as a project consultant."

— Cody Cunningham Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA)

Rural Agribusiness Development

Agriculture Equipment Manufacturer

AgriValue Investor Network (AvNet)

Alberta Agriculture and Food – Alberta Bioenergy Grant Programs

Alberta Agriculture and Food, Alberta Innovates, Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency

Alberta Agriculture and Food – Alberta Specialty Chemicals Initiative

Alberta Agriculture and Food-Meat Snack Market Opportunity Assessment

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

Alberta Crop Industry Development Fund (ACIDF) and University of Alberta (U of A)

Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA)

Alberta Meat Processor

Berry Farm

Bluffton General Store

Canola Refining Project

Commercial Growers

East Central Alberta Forage Association

Elk-Economics

Expansion of a Forage Plant

Galloway Beef Association

Greenhouse Business Case Utilizing Waste Heat and CO2

Gluten Plant

Kingdom Farms Inc.

Lean Manufacturing Study

Mackenzie Applied Research Association

Oat Processing Venture Group

Palliser Economic Partnership

Pet Food Processing Plant

Pipestone Feeders

Portage College and Community Futures of St. Paul

Renew Bioenergy Ltd.

Small Animal Veterinary Clinic

Smoky Pork Ltd.

Sous Vide Potato Project

Southern Alberta Alternative Energy Partnership (SAAEP)

Starch Waste Stream Assessment

"KBS provides clients with clear, concise and achievable project plans. They are results oriented and consistently provided reliable services along with great communication. I was pleased with their service and would highly recommend them as a project consultant."