Four BC businesses that are developing solutions to help ensure the province’s food systems remain secure, resilient and sustainable are the first to receive funding through the recently launched BC Centre for Agritech Innovation (BCCAI).
“We need to be continuously innovating and working together to improve local food production and access to food for people here in BC,” said Pam Alexis, BC’s Minister of Agriculture and Food. “Agritech is the future and the work these four companies are doing in partnership with the BC Centre for Agritech Innovation is helping ensure BC’s food systems are secure, resilient and sustainable.” The four companies receiving a total investment of $540,000, including $122,500 from BCCAI, are:
- Aeroroot Systems (Surrey);
- Agrotek Industries (Burnaby);
- Bakerview EcoDairy (Abbotsford); and
- Lucent BioSciences (West Vancouver).
Each project is contributing to long-term priorities of agriculture in BC, such as Indigenous food security and vertical farming, as well as increased and sustainable crop production.
“The BC Centre for Agritech Innovation brings together academia, industry and government to create new opportunities in food production,” said Francis Drouin, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau.
