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.
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) turned to Niagara College’s Business and Commercialization team to understand their unique product’s marketplace using secondary research.
LumeSmart Inc. approached the Business and Commercialization Innovation Centre (BCIC) at Niagara College Research and Innovation to undertake market research and to understand the current market conditions in the greenhouse growing space.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The novel climate optimization software developed by 360 Energy Inc. utilizes the data generated from the climate control system that is currently installed within the greenhouse. A collaborative research project between HESIC and 360 Energy Inc. involved two participating commercial greenhouses that systematically evaluated this proprietary software. Read more to learn about the team’s solution.
Although relationships exist in the greenhouse building market, GGS requires market research to understand the feasibility of this market and the steps to take to enter it. They turned to Niagara College’s Business & Commercialization Innovation Centre team to identify their key markets.
