The Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, British Columbia has partnered with Laval University in Québec City to develop tools and technologies to help future-proof food production in Canada. The focus is berries through the Weston Family…
- The Pear Bureau Northwest estimates the 2022-23 fresh crop to be 16.2 million standard box equivalents. Harvest will pick up in early to mid-September for Bosc, Green and Red Anjou varieties.
- Aeroroot is a BC startup company that wants to grow basil through aeroponics – the process of growing plants in an air-based system. It’s one example of many small and medium-sized enterprises receiving business support from the BC Centre for…
- Agtech demonstrations will be welcomed at the popular Woodstock, Ontario show. For a look at the future of automation, three robots will be presented by Haggerty AgRobotics.
- Variations in the gross margins of Canada’s top grocers have been minimal since 2017. Indeed, revenues have increased dramatically, but so have the costs of goods sold says Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at…