Deb Stark, Deputy Minister of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and other OMAFRA representatives visited the Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre on August 14. The visitors were greeted by University of Guelph's Interim Vice President of Research Prof. John Livernois, and were given an overview of the BDDC by the Centre's Director, Prof. Amar Mohanty. Ontario Agricultural College and Deparment of Plant Agriculture members, along with several industry partners, also took part in the visit and subsequent tour of the labs.