Smarter production is the goal of the HARVEST agri-tech accelerator that’s investing in cleantech and agricultural companies to help them scale up their businesses and strengthen the country’s economy and supply chains.
Nine start-ups from coast to coast will receive an investment of up to $750,000 and critical business mentorship from Ontario Genomics, Genome Alberta and Genome Prairie to bring their products and production methods to industrial commercial scale, as soon as possible.
Thanks to up to $7 million of funding through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s ACT Accelerator, HARVEST is sustainably diversifying Canada’s economy by helping these innovative companies get their game-changing solutions to market here and overseas:
ABAzyne Bioscience (Saskatoon, SK) is modernizing cold-weather crop protection with a bio-spray for grapes and other tender fruit.
ALT TEX (Toronto, ON) is transforming food waste into biodegradable fabrics for the fashion industry.
B.Nature Biotech (Saskatoon, SK) is upcycling food waste and local rock phosphate into a made-in-Canada phosphate-enhanced biofertilizer.
Chinova Bioworks (Fredericton, NB) is upcycling mushroom scraps to create a natural preservative for the food and beverage industry.
Launch Bioindustries (Toronto, ON) is scaling production of its sustainably made microbes that turn dairy sidestreams into a key ingredient for biodegradable plastics.
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