David Thompson talks about a northern Ontario project to develop a system that works to grow strawberries indoors at the AgTech Breakfast at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show 2024.

Ontario ag tech companies continue to grow

New and established companies presented about their technology at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024

The number of agriculture and food startup companies continues to grow in Ontario, judging from new and established technology companies at the AgTech Breakfast at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Companies pitched their products during the event to a crowd of people that included farmers, private agriculture venture capital funds and public investors, and the organizations […] Read more



Natalie Duncan at a trade show displaying the Hexapod AI software.

Smarter bug farming proves possible

Startup creates software to reduce costs and improve productivity of insect farming

Insect farmers face the same challenges with labour, productivity and disease that farmers of more conventional livestock do. It's still an emerging sector in North America, so not many tools are available to address these issues.