Guelph, Ont.- and Bible Hill, NS-based vertical farming startup GoodLeaf Farms has inked a $2.5 million deal with data analytics firm Adastra to develop an artificial intelligence system for determining optimal growing conditions for plants.
The project will be worth about $2.5 million, with Scale AI — the Montreal-based and federally backed supercluster which partners with the private sector to fund research and development in a manner similar to Canada’s Ocean Supercluster — kicking in $1 million.
GoodLeaf, a subsidiary of TruLeaf, uses high-tech indoor farms to grow microgreens, such as