Six Start-Ups Selected for Latest GreenShoots Program

Dec 19, 2023

Guelph/Halifax, – Bioenterprise Canada Corporation, the Nova Scotia Innovation Hub and Invest Nova Scotia are announcing the companies selected for their latest GreenShoots program intake. Each start-up receives up to $40,000 and business guidance from seasoned professionals to put their plans into action.

This is the seventh cohort for GreenShoots, an initiative launched in 2020 to support early-stage Nova Scotia companies focused on innovation in agriculture, food, bioproducts, clean technology, and related sectors.

Below are the six start-ups selected for GreenShoots this round.

Agapyo – Jeff Kostos, Alina Grenier-Arellano, Monika Rak – Sydney – $40,000
Biodegradable and bio-sourced replacement for petroleum-based ABS plastic in consumer products

Clean Valley CIC – Nicholas LaValle, Hunter Bishop, Timothy Edmonds – Dartmouth – $10,000
Technology to turn land-based fish farm waste water into a profit center using microalgae and oysters

Lillianah Technologies – Benjamin Slotnick – Dartmouth – $40,000
Algae-based solution to remove carbon from the ocean and restore balance to marine ecosystems

Marin X – Sheamus MacDonald, Aleksandr Stabenow – Dartmouth, NS – $30,000
Real-time aquaculture monitoring to optimize fish health, sustainability, and production efficiency

Mycaro – Katie McNeill – Kentville, NS – $30,000
Upcycled protein using the power of mycelium

Scotiaderm – Johanna Mercer, Dr. Ann Gordon – Port Williams, NS – $30,000
Topical solutions for the prevention and treatment of moisture-associated skin damage

Source : Bioenterprises.ca

Video: Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes | Field Talk Friday

Field Talk Friday | Dr. John Murphy | Root Exudates, Soil Biology, and How Plants Recruit Microbes

Most of us spend our time managing what we can see above ground—plant height, leaf color, stand counts, and yield potential. But the deeper you dig into agronomy, the more you realize that some of the most important processes driving crop performance are happening just millimeters below the surface.

In this episode of Field Talk Friday, Dr. John Murphy continues the soil biology series by diving into one of the most fascinating topics in modern agronomy: root exudates and the role they play in shaping the microbial world around plant roots.

Roots are not passive structures simply pulling nutrients out of the soil. They are active participants in the underground ecosystem. Plants constantly release compounds into the soil—sugars, amino acids, organic acids, and other molecules—that act as both energy sources and signals for soil microbes.