Ecohabitat Agri Services (Eco Habitat) is a pest management consultant company. With their expertise in this field, the business understood a need in the greenhouse industry for more efficient pest management solutions. With a solution under development, Eco Habitat turned to the Business and Commercialization Innovation Centre (BCIC) at Niagara…
Evaluating Squid Juice as a viable fertilizer/supplement in a controlled environment agriculture setting
Challenge: Determine if a novel, squid hydrolysate-based product can act as a fertilizer/supplement in a controlled environment agriculture settingSolution: Run trials in a controlled environment setting and establish the commercial viability of the product by evaluating impact on plant growth, yield, and chemical profilesImpact: Trials evaluated the effects of this…
Using sheep’s wool as a media amendment in common greenhouse crops
Challenge: There is a need to find solutions for waste sheep wool; use as a soil amendment shows some potential based on research outside of Canada Solution: Determine the effects of a novel sheep wool media amendment on plant health and growth by conducting growth trials on common greenhouse cropsImpact:…
Exploring the Agricultural Applications of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The University of Windsor worked alongside industry partner the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG), who focus on research, food safety, energy, environment, and marketing for our members.
Ecowool Canada Inc.
Recognizing their need for support in commercialization, EcoWool approached the Business and Commercialization Innovation Centre (BCIC) at Niagara College to enhance the advancement of their product.
International Zeolite (IZ)
International Zeolite (IZ) turned to Niagara College’s Business and Commercialization team to understand their unique product’s marketplace using secondary research.
Brock-farm partnership tests the use of wool as a soil enhancer
Jennifer Osborn of EcoWool reached out to Brock University to obtain research data on the benefits of wool pellets and how they enrich the soil.
Evaluation of leachate from selected biochar blend rates with commercial greenhouse media
Biochar has been proven to be beneficial to agricultural operations by capturing nutrients in the soil and providing these nutrients back to the crops. Before biochar is to be used successfully as a soilless greenhouse media enhancement, its blend rate must first be determined, and this is why Walker tapped into HESIC’s expertise to help investigate this innovation challenge.
Evaluating the effects of biochar-amended media on fertilization and growth of basil and gerberas in a greenhouse setting
Before biochar is to be used successfully as a soilless greenhouse media enhancement, its blend rate must first be determined, and this is why Walker tapped into HESIC’s expertise to help investigate this innovation challenge.
The future of automation: Building a mushroom harvesting virtual environment
Sinopa Energy Inc. partnered with Agriculture at UWindsor to develop the model to simulate the current state in the mushroom farm, investigate a potential future fully automated state, and collaborative scenarios.