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Partner blog feature: Pioneering greenhouse technology to feed communities

As part of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge sponsored by the Weston Family Foundation, AgriTech North has joined forces with Collège Boréal and the Rural Agri-Innovation Network to help create a scalable fresh-food production system that’s both economically viable and sustainable for northern growers, particularly in remote and Indigenous communities. This unique-to-Canada growing space is underpinned by a thermal-management technology and advanced thermal harvesting apparatus.

Collège Boréal is a Bioenterprise Canada Knowledge & Development Partner. Agri-Tech North was the winner of the 2022 Northern Ontario Innovation Challenge run by Bioenterprise Canada. 

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Grass Growth - Leeds County Pasture Walk Part 7

Video: Grass Growth - Leeds County Pasture Walk Part 7

Presented by Brad & Karen Davis, owners of Black Kreek Ranch, Anita O'Brien, Grazing Mentor, and Christine O'Reilly, Forage & Grazing Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Watch each video from this event to learn about grazing tips, water systems, setting up fencing, working with net fencing, electric fencing tips, grass growth and managing grazing, gates and laneways, and frost seeding.