Economic Revitalization in the Niagara Region through Food and Culinary Innovation

拟议的项目将通过专门资源--尼亚加拉学院的尼亚加拉食品和烹饪创新中心--支持振兴尼亚加拉地区的经济。在食品技术和烹饪培训课程和设施的现有优势和大学投资的基础上，以及在消费者研究和产品改进方面快速发展的研究能力，该中心将在原料创新、食品技术、产品研发和消费者偏好测试领域开展行业领先的应用研究方面发展公认的专业知识。创新的概念和产品将在尼亚加拉瀑布的一个全面示范点进行试点和测试。这些产品和创新将为食品行业带来经济效益，并成为通过烹饪创新振兴区域市中心的典范。

The proposed project will support the revitalization of the economy of the Niagara Region through a dedicated resource, the Niagara Food and Culinary Innovation Centre at Niagara College. Building on existing strengths and college investments in programs and facilities in food technologies and culinary training, and a rapidly developing research capacity in consumer research and product improvement, the Centre will develop a recognized expertise in conducting industry-led applied research in the areas of raw ingredient innovation, food technologies, product research and development, and consumer preference testing. Innovative concepts and products will be piloted and tested in a full scale demonstration site in Niagara Falls. These products and innovations will result in economic benefits for the food industry and a model for rejuvenation of regional downtowns through culinary innovations.