Urban Barns Foods Inc. (URBF)

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Urban Barns Foods R&D

Urban Barns is committed to innovation and maintaining the highest standards in scientific research. McGill University’s Macdonald Campus of Bioresource Engineering and Urban Barns have entered into a 5-year collaborative research agreement focused on improving efficiency and production of the patent pending Cubic Farming™ system. Current projects include:
LED lighting wavelength selection for maximum growth and production

LED testing and optimization within the Urban Barns growing system

Substrate testing

Variety selection and cultivar selection

The 12-person research team is led by Dr. Mark Lefsrud as the principal investigator and Dr. Valerie Gravel as the horticultural lead researcher. Further to the collaboration with McGill University’s Macdonald Campus of Bioresource Engineering, Urban Barns intends to associate with centres of excellence worldwide to further strengthen the science behind Cubic Farming™.