Growing Solutions for Food Insecurity
Take A Look At The Growcer Community In Action.
Cultivating community: How Reena's Accessible Vertical Farm Grows Opportunity
Reena uses their Growcer farm to add a source of kosher produce, a new stream of revenue, and employment opportunities for its clients.
Improving food sovereignty on Manitoulin Island: Sheshegwaning First Nation
Sheshegwaning First Nation acted fast during the pandemic to revitalize what local food means on Manitoulin Island for generations to come.
Grocery Store Innovation: Legacy Co-op
How this one Yorkton, Saskatchewan grocery store grows the freshest produce year-round under a store-created brand for the community.
Filling a community need: Valemount Learning Society
The village of Valemount sits at the end of many distribution lines and launched a Growcer farm with the goal of supplying local and neighbouring community restaurants and stores with fresh leafy greens to help address local food security.
Bountiful harvests impact bottom line: Muskoka North Good Food Co-op
Launched in February 2023, Muskoka North Good Food Co-op has been growing fresh greens using a vertical farm to provide more meaningful job opportunities in the area and a better product for its members. Watch Muskoka North’s story!
Adding agriculture to the classroom: Altario School
In 2022, the Altario School added a hydroponic vertical farm to be able to grow fresh produce and teach students about controlled environment agriculture. There’s never a shortage of students who want to volunteer in the farm and the local community loves the fresh vegetables. The Altario School will expand with their second farm in the fall of 2023 because of the great response.
Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a Society: Sustainable, efficient community solution for food security
The Gitmaxmak’ay Nisga’a Society (GNS), a non-profit First Nations organization, is preparing for the arrival of a Growcer system to help combat food insecurity and generate revenue to be re-invested in the community!
Acadia University: Greening Campus Food Production
Acadia University is the first post-secondary institution in Atlantic Canada to bring Growcer on campus. The university saw it as an opportunity to…
Norway House: Increasing Food Security for First Nations
Norway House Cree Nation serves as a gateway between Northern and Eastern Manitoba communities and boasts a large number of amenities, including one of Growcer’s hydroponic growing systems obtained with the help of BDO and Food Matters Manitoba!