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Darrell Petras

Darrell Petras is CEO of the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network.


If Canada wants to lead in AI, it can’t ignore agriculture

If Canada wants to lead in AI, on our own terms, with our own data, and for our own people, we should be leaning into where it already works: in the fields, barns, and processing plants that feed the country.

opinion | BY DARRELL PETRAS | April 30, 2026