If you’re familiar with Growcer, you know about our connection to the North. If you’re not, we’ll explain why the North, what some of our current projects look like, and more broadly, what it means to work collaboratively with northern communities.

In this guest column, Jessica Shadian, president of the arctic advocacy organization Arctic360, highlights the innovation happening in Canada’s Nordic Arctic neighbours and how the North is Canada’s missed opportunity.

You identified that now is the time to start a community food project, but where do you begin? Here are five steps to starting a community project with Growcer to support your mission and local food system.

Maryann Moffitt, food liaison officer at the University of Ottawa, shares how the school pivoted its Growcer growing operation to serve the greater community during COVID-19.

Take a look at a list of plants that can be grown year-round hydroponically and that are traditionally utilized medicinally or in the traditional diets of Indigenous peoples across North America.

Are you holding outdated views on hydroponic growing? We’re breaking down the top misconceptions from the skills and background needed to get started to the taste of produce grown without soil.

Take a look at a list of funding programs you can apply to in Canada that help small businesses and organizations fight food insecurity.

A year ago, Norway House Cree Nation, began growing fresh produce for their community. Since then, their project has grown to supply their local grocery store, and they plan to keep expanding!

Receive more ROI for locally-grown produce that both members and employees can support.

Indigenous communities are investing in container farms as part of a multi-faceted and economically viable approach toward food sovereignty.

Container farms can be an additional source of fresh produce, employment, and income for your organization or community.

Learn how growing your produce with a hydroponic container farm can provide more supply chain stability.

Check out our Hydroponic Farming 101 guide and learn everything you need to know in order to take control of your food-supply chain!

The Yellowknife Co-op’s Growcer system was installed in March 2019, a year later their system is a prosperous and profitable hit for the co-op and its members!

Is your organization ready to make an impact on your local food system? Check out how to start a community project that supports your mission and local food system.

Interested in container farming? We’ll walk you through deciding what to grow, evaluating if there is a local market, researching funding options, finding on-farm efficiencies, and getting the specifics by talking with a Growcer team member!

Eating local is now easier and greener at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The Growcer is an out-of-the-box local food solution located steps away from the dining hall. Acadia partnered with its food service provider Chartwells to bring The Growcer’s hydroponic, vertical growing system housed inside a repurposed shipping container to campus…

Hydroponic farming containers are closed systems where plants are given all the requirements they need for life – water, nutrients, light, air and an optimal temperature. Though your plants love these conditions, unfortunately, so do many pests and pathogens…