We exist to help growers to grow more sustainably by reducing inputs used and crops lost to diseases.
Our Mission
At Healthy Hydroponics InnoTech, we help growers with broad-spectrum microbiome and disease detection for their crops. We use the latest genomic technologies and data-driven insights to simplify early pathogen detection, remediation and crop loss prevention.
Our Vision
Our vision is to create a simple and effective microbiome and disease monitoring program for growers to use with ease. By making disease detection easier, we help growers mitigate disease risk and reduce inputs, helping them to transition to more sustainable growing practices.
How We Got Started
In 2020, we were awarded grants from the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative to strengthen the agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector, and from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program. This two-year project allowed us to work with CEA farmers in Canada to collect samples from their hydroponic soil-less systems to identify the microbiomes (microbial communities) in farms of various crops and hydroponic setups. We also collected environmental metadata in tandem with the samples allowing us to analyze microbial trends and diversity in the data within a farm as well as among farms and groups of crops. Identifying the microbiomes in soil-less production systems allowed us to create markers that detect microorganisms specifically and quickly.
We believe controlled environment agriculture including greenhouse and vertical farming are the future for producing sustainable vegetable crops and our goal is to help growers provide the world with an abundance of healthy and quality foods.
