Canada: Vineland research programs moved to new greenhouse

In December last year, Vineland’s new Greenhouse Technology Centre welcomed its first research program, Canadian greenhouse tomatoes, with additional programs making the move throughout the first three months of 2016. On Friday June 3, the brand new research greenhouse will host an open house.

The $10 million greenhouse brings together companies, industry and researchers to foster collaboration and drive economic growth by bridging the gap between innovation and commercialization. With the help of advanced climate technology and controls that are similar to commercial greenhouses, Vineland researchers now have a premium facility at their disposal to help their research efforts in vegetable breeding, new plant varieties, reverse genetics, plant pathology, biocontrol and environmentally-friendly horticulture.

The new centre is unique in tat there are only a few pre-commercial scale research greenhouses in North America and Vineland’s greenhouse is the largest focused on horticulture research.

As Vineland's facility will definitely speed up the commercial introduction of innovations, it will not only contribute to the development of greenhouse horticulture in Canada, but will also become an important resource for horticulture researchers worldwide.

For more information:
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
Gary Moffatt, COO
905-562-0320 x780
[email protected]
vinelandresearch.com