Interest in vertical farms grows with demand for Canadian products

Added on 08 April 2025

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Interest in vertical farms grows with demand for Canadian products

Growcer is an Ottawa-based vertical farms supplier with 110 Canadian customers, including First Nations and co-op grocery stores. Its research and development farm, pictured above, is located in Ottawa. Supplied/Growcer

While U.S. tariffs threaten much of the Canadian economy, business is booming for an Ottawa-based startup that builds indoor farming units for made-in-Canada produce – also known as vertical farms.

Increased consumer interest in local produce could be attributed to looming uncertainty regarding the impacts of tariffs on agriculture and cross-border food trade, though much of our food exports, for now, will be exempt from the 10-per-cent baseline tariff.