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Local innovation helps Ontario company launch new food product line
We work with companies at all stages, to commercialize agriculture, agri-food and agri-product innovations.
We know agri-tech and work hands-on, providing customized business advisory services, industry and technical expertise, and global connections to advance innovative agri-businesses. See a few of our members profiles below.
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BioLiNE
Sustainable crop additive reduces fertilizer use but maintains crop yields, research shows
Spring Creek Quail Farm
New automation system reduces food waste and water use for quail egg producer
International Zeoilite
Funding helps innovative fertilizer technology move closer to market-readiness
Woodrill Farms
Money-saving soil analysis technology rolls out to Ontario growers province-wide
MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co.
Eastern Ontario family business brews climate-friendly local beer
Farm Health Guardian
Farm Health Guardian’s on-farm biosecurity technology goes global
Open Food Network Canada
Project investigates market opportunity for a common data standard
CRF Agritech
Innovative new coating technology reduces nutrient use without cutting yields
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Crush Dynamics
A British Columbia-based company has pioneered a proprietary new process to up-cycle grape pomace
Nfinite Nanotechnology
A sustainable food packaging start-up in Waterloo Region is scaling up production as it prepares its technology for commercialization.
Escarpment Laboratories
Ontario-based Escarpment Laboratories, supported by funding from OAFRI, has successfully developed customized yeast strains for Canadian brewers, catering to their unique needs and feedback.
Grain Discovery
Grain Discovery, a start-up in Ontario, is digitizing Canada's grain supply chain, offering a live marketplace and instant contract confirmation.
Oh My Okra
Oh My Okra is a BC food company that manufactures a superfood in a revolutionary snack form.
Resson
Resson is a New Brunswick based Agtech developer of smart farming solutions.
Harvest Genomics
Harvest Genomics is dedicated to supporting the Agriculture world with the latest science tools efficiently digested on finest & comprehensive solutions.
SoilOptix
The SoilOptix® digital topsoil mapping system combines gamma radiation-based sensor data collected at 335 data points per acre with strategically located physical soil samples to...
Korechi Innovations Inc.
Korechi is an Oshawa, Ontario-based robotics start-up. They create robotic solutions for the agriculture and golf industries.
OzoneBio
OzoneBio is creating the world’s first emissions-free nylon 66 using upcycled waste from the pulp and paper industry.
BioNorth Solutions
BioNorth Solutions specializes in the development and production of “packaged microbes” that provide hydrocarbon soil remediation and plant growth enhancement solutions worldwide.
Farm Health Guardian
Farm Health Guardian is a digital biosecurity system that has been proven to help livestock and poultry farmers lower their cost of production by improving...
Blanc De Gris
Blanc de Gris are Montreal’s first mushroom farm, growing oyster mushrooms in substrates – the material mushrooms grow in – that are made by repurposing...
PlantForm
Plantform is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the rapid development and production of specialty antibody and protein drugs.
BioLiNE Corp.
Alvinston-based BioLiNE corporation produces high quality products to invigorate plant and soil health.
The Growcer
As a fast growing agri-tech start-up, Growcer is empowering Canadians everywhere to sustainably grow local, fresh food all year round.
Liven Proteins
A passion for turning waste into useful products helped inspire Ontario entrepreneur Fei Luo to launch a precision fermentation start-up, Liven Proteins.
Sultech Global
Calgary-based Sultech Global Innovation Corp. believes it has a solution to replace conventional ammonium sulphates found in fertilizer programs.
Local Line
Local Line is an online selling platform for local food producers, and for many, including farmers, it rapidly became a lifeline in response to in-person...
Wittaya Aqua
A young Toronto-based software company focused on helping the aquaculture industry be more sustainable has grabbed global spotlight with its innovative data solutions.
Acid League
After experimenting with countless methods and over 500 flavours, Mai and Pearsall developed a proprietary process that produces complex, concentrated and consistently flavoured living vinegars.
Gaia Protein
An interest in the interaction between human and animal health helped veterinarian Claudia Koch channel her entrepreneurial efforts into the world of insect protein.
SomaDetect
SomaDetect’s technology promises to revolutionize how farmers receive information about their herd and about the milk they produce.
Manning Canning
Toronto-based preserving company is ready to shake up the beverage market by introducing Chrisoda, a ready-to-drink, carbonated version of their popular drinking vinegar concentrate, Shrub.
Anatis Bioprotection
Anatis Bioprotection is a leader in biological pest control for the horticulture sector in Canada and the United States. The Quebec-based company can trace the...
Ground Up Eco-Ventures
Based in Okotoks, Alberta, Ground Up Eco-Ventures upcycle's cafe & brewery ingredients to make super flours, baking mixes & high-value oils that are great for...
CoteX
A promising start-up selected as a winner of the Winter 2021 GreenShoots Program has also just made a splash on the international stage.
Organic Path
Organic Path Inc. (OPI)’s flagship product is a biostimulant of natural minerals, vitamins, oils, and extracts that enhances plant growth and health.
FreshSpoke
An online Ontario wholesale marketplace for local food has expanded into home delivery and curbside pickup in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Henry’s Tempeh
Rapidly growing interest in plant-based proteins and the trend toward clean, healthy eating is spelling opportunity for a Kitchener food company.
AgriBrink
Every time farmers drive equipment over their fields, they’re putting pressure on the soil. And that’s a major issue, both for agriculture and for the...
Farm Health Guardian
New tracking software from may hold the answer to preventing minor livestock disease outbreaks from becoming full-scale epidemics.
Greentronics
When a potato grower discovers a batch of spoiled spuds in the bulk storage, tracing the problem back to the specific field location they came...
Local Line
If you’re a farmer, baker, butcher or any other kind of small-scale food producer, Cole Jones understands the challenges you face. Making your product is...
Modgarden
Thanks to Modgarden founder Aamar Khwaja, countertop micro-farms may soon be as commonplace as coffee makers and blenders.
Motorleaf
Established in 2016, Motorleaf develops “virtual agronomist” software that learns plant growth patterns by analyzing millions of points of real-time greenhouse data: temperature, humidity, CO2,...
Novobind
Livestock producers and aquaculture operators worldwide fear microbes that carry disease. These pathogens may be too small to see, but they inflict major damage: wiping...
Sedna Technologies
Today, more Asian and European diners than ever are sitting down to Canadian lobster. But just how good is the quality of that crustacean after...
Vive Crop Protection
Vive Crop Protection Hits the Target When it comes to pesticides, precision counts. You want to maximize the amount that reaches the pest,” explains Darren...
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