Two University of Ottawa students created a positive social impact business helping to feed communities

Mark Lowey
May 6, 2026

Growcer's vertical farms encourage local food production and reduce food insecurity, including in Canada's North. The modular indoor farming units produce high-quality produce year-round. Company co-founders Corey Ellis and Alida Burke are making it possible, with innovative and philanthropic financing, for more communities to benefit from vertical farming, to make Canada's food production system more resilient and less dependent on imports.

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