Dr. Youbin Zheng Leads U of G Team in Race to Grow Fruit Year-Round

The Homegrown Innovation Challenge, sponsored by the Weston Family Foundation. has a goal of making Canada more food resilient.

The University of Guelph team is working with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers on a hybrid greenhouse-vertical farm system that can grow strawberries all year long while producing zero greenhouse gas emissions. 

Read more about the finalists in Farmtario: Made-in-Canada berry innovation