Prairie Tide Analytics is dedicated to providing top-notch analytical services to optimize your production processes. As an ISO 17025 accredited analytical lab, Prairie Tide specializes in nutraceutical and natural product testing, food & beverage analysis and ethanol and hand sanitizer quality assurance. They uphold the highest standards of quality and accuracy in every analytical test they perform.
VeriGrain Sampling Inc. is a Saskatoon-based agriculture technology company that uses automation to provide farmers with a reliable system for sampling, analyzing, and tracking their grain. VeriGrain commercialized an automated product for Grain Sampling and Data Management.
The Global Agri-Food Advancement Partnership (GAAP) is the result of a collaboration between Ag-West Bio, the Global Institute of Food Security, the Food Industry Development Centre, Innovation Place, and private sector partners. GAAP was created to support early and rapid growth stage companies within all areas of agriculture and food. GAAP is a biotech makerspace, offering startups access to laboratories, specialized equipment, greenhouses and office space as well as guidance and training from sector-specific experts.
Proxima Research & Development specializes in applying the latest research and technology in microbiology, biochemistry, and microbial genetics to client projects in the food, beverage, biofuel, bioproduct, and pharaceutical industries.
Ergo Biotech is on a mission to unlock the full potential of plant biology. By combining cutting-edge tools like artificial intelligtnece, multi-omics, gene editing, and automated molecular biology, Ergo engineers high-performance plant cell lines that fuel sustainable innovation across food, personal care, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and agriculture.
NULIFE uses a process called hydrothermal liquefaction to efficiently transform wet waste biomass into a bio-oil, that is injected into underground geological storage for permanent carbon removal. NULIFE’s process sequesters contaminants like PFAS and other waste toxins and generates potential co-product revenue streams, such as biogenic CO2, that build resilience for our business model.
Sask Shrimp has developed a fish feed that does not break down in the water, mitigating disease, labour and filtration costs. The feed also completely satisfies the nutritional profile of the aquatic species fed. This feed can revolutionize the aquaculture industry, as dry pellets foul water when not eaten quickly, giving bacteria a nutrient source. The technology has additional agricultural applications as it can be applied to any pelletized food or fertilizer.
A 9 Mile Legacy Brewing Company creation, LGCY Innovation Hub provides collaborative opportunities in the fermented food and beverage space, with a goal of driving innovation in Canadian agriculture, supporting scale-ups and fostering excellence and disruption in the food and beverage sector.
HumaTerra is an innovative Saskatchewan-based AgTech company specializing in developing and manufacturing soil biostimulants, which are developed on sound agroecology and eco-conception principles. When applied soil biostimulants enhance a regenerative process naturally nourishing and rejuvenating soil making it bioactive.
Pathoscan took lab-grade pathogen detection technology out of the lab, making it portable, affordable and simple enough to use in the field, which allows agronomists and growers to get the information they need to act while it still matters.
Maia Farms uses mushrooms to create functional protein ingredients. They work with food manufacturers to embed mushroom-based ingredients into real food systems, delivering functional performance, measurable nutrition, and dependable execution.
Corol Corp pioneers sustainable chemistry by developing plant-derived bio-polyols that replace harmful pteroleum-based chemicals, creating eco-friendly, high performance materials that drive industrial progress while protecting the planet.
Prairie Clean Enterprises is a Saskatchewan and Canadian-based company that aggregates and processes un-utilized flax straw and other agricultural/organic waste for a low-carbon solution for diverse industries ranging from biofuel to high value B2B and B2C products. PCE’s aim is to provide secure, renewable, sustainable, and abundant ag-based fibre solutions to customers around the world.
Terra Bioindustries is a Toronto, Canada-based start-up designed to create multi-industry solutions from agrifood waste. The company has developed a platform that unlocks the potential of brewer’s spent grains, separating their valuable components into high value products.
ABAzyne is a Canadian climate-smart agricultural technology company developing advanced ABA-based agricultural technologies inspired by natural plant stress-response biology associated with abiotic stress conditions.
OncoForma combines cutting-edge organoid technology with comprehensive drug screening to provide oncologists with functional data to make more informed treatment decisions, bringing precision to cancer treatment. The process gets the right therapy to the right patient the first time.
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