Four Start-Ups Selected for Latest GreenShoots Program

Apr 16, 2024

Guelph/Halifax, – Bioenterprise Canada Corporation, Greenspring Bioinnovation Hub and Invest Nova Scotia are announcing the companies selected for their latest GreenShoots program intake. Each start-up receives up to $40,000 and business guidance from seasoned professionals to put their plans into action.

This is the eighth cohort for GreenShoots, an initiative launched in 2020 to support early-stage Nova Scotia companies focused on innovation in agriculture, food, bioproducts, clean technology, and related sectors.

Below are the four start-ups selected for GreenShoots this round.

BioLabMate – Sarika Kumari, Sanjay Dubey – Sydney – $40,000
Ocean-based materials to replace single-use plastic waste from research labs and medical facilities

Genuine Taste – Emily Farrar, Pooya Mamaghani – Sydney – genuinetaste.co – $40,000
Cell-cultured fat to improve the taste of alternative meat

HOPE Pet Food – Sofia Bonilla – Dartmouth – hopepetfood.ca – $40,000
Nutritious and sustainable pet food with ingredients from insects, algae and fungi

Profillet – Greg Potter, Doug McNish, Ricardo Martinez, Steve George, Laura Hackl – Halifax – profillet.ca – $30,000
Nutritious and affordable whole-cut, plant-based fish fillets

Source : Bioenterprises.ca

Video: Why Invest in Canada’s Seed Future? | On The Brink: Episode 3

Darcy Unger just invested millions to build a brand-new seed plant on his farm in Stonewall, Manitoba so when it’s time for his sons to take over, they have the tools they need to succeed.

Right now, 95% of the genetics they’ll be growing come from Canadian plant breeders.

That number matters.

When fusarium hit Western Canada in the late 90s, it was Canadian breeders who responded, because they understood Canadian conditions. That ability to react quickly to what’s happening on Canadian farms is exactly what’s at risk when breeding programs lose funding.

For farmers like Darcy, who have made generational investments based on the assumption that better genetics will keep coming, the stakes are direct and personal.

We’re on the brink of decisions that will shape our agricultural future for not only our generation, but also the ones to come.

What direction will we choose?

On The Brink is a year-long video series traveling across Canada to meet the researchers, breeders, farmers, seed companies, and policymakers shaping the future of Canadian plant breeding. Each week, a new story. Each story, a piece of the bigger picture.

Episode 3 is above. Follow Seed World Canada to catch every episode, and tell us: Do you think the next generation will have the tools they need to success when they takeover? How is the future going to look?