Kingston biotech firm continues developing climate-resilient canola, new federal backing

As climate change brings longer droughts, more frequent heat waves and increasingly unpredictable growing conditions to Canada’s farm belt, a Kingston biotechnology company is working to help protect one of the country’s most important crops.Performance Plants Inc. is developing a new generation of canola designed to better withstand drought and heat while storing more carbon underground — a combination the company says could help farmers maintain yields as environmental press