This article showcases our top picks for the best Ontario based Farming companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Farming industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Ontario Farming Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Vive Crop Protection
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Vive Crop Protection is an agritech company that makes effective and sustainable pesticides for organic and non-organic production.
Fieldless Farms
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Fieldless farms is an Agri business which uses innovative indoor farming technology to produce greens.
FarmLead
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FarmLead is North America’s grain marketplace. Changing the way farmers sell grain.
Entomo Farms
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An Ontario company that’s North America’s largest farmer of insects for human consumption.
Elevate Farms
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Elevate Farms grow locally, sustainable, zero pesticides greens that are blockchain tracked from seed to sale in proprietary.
The Flowr Corporation
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The Flowr Corporation is a vertically-integrated cannabis company that cultivates better people, plants, and products.
Avivagen
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Avivagen is developing and commercializing products
Cultivatd
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Cultivatd services have been designed to identify, and address all indoor farming needs.
FreshSpoke
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FreshSpoke platform gives wholesale food buyers the ability to buy direct from local suppliers and delivering using the excess capacity.
API Labs
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API Labs is a company looking to create a vertically integrated poppy industry .
Genuine Tea
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Genuine Tea is Canada’s Farm to Cup Tea Company.
Ortaliza Urban Farms
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Ortaliza Urban Farms is a provider of farm fresh, local food, should be accessible and easily available to all.
Growcer
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Growcer is a manufacturer of modular plug-and-play hydroponic systems to enable food production.
Local Line
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Local Line is an operating system for the world’s 500m small & mid sized polyculture farms.
Red Sun Farms
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Red Sun Farms provides non-GMO, greenhouse grown vegetables such as tomatoes, seedless cucumbers, sweet bell peppers, and mini eggplants.
Colibrí
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Colibrí operates as a rural farming data platform that provides information on fields and crops.
Chudleigh’s Entertainment Farm
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Chudleigh’s is an entertainment farming and food making in Ontario.
Ceragen
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Ceragen is a biotechnology company that aims to help farmers increase their crop yields through plant microbiome engineering.
Mary Agrotechnologies
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Empowering the world to grow what they want, when they want, where they want.
Sustainitech
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Sustainitech is an agri-tech company that develops controlled environment agriculture facilities.
Cultovo
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Cultovo helps develop climate insurance products that provide affordable protection from changing climatic events in agriculture industry.
RAS Technologies
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Patented, revolutionary, indoor, land-based aquaculture commercial production technology with an initial focus on Pacific White Shrimp.
ZipGrow
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ZipGrow creates and installs the world’s most widely used vertical farming technology.
Waterpoint Lane
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Focused on growth-stage businesses that focus on and promote sustainable practices throughout the food supply chain
Bio Agri Mix
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Medicated feed additives for livestock farmers in Canada
Spornado
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Spornado is an early alert system for crop disease that detects disease in the field.
Hub International Equipment
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Hub International Equipment operates as a farming equipment retailer that offers new and used tools, parts, and related services.
SECAN
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SECAN is a privately held company that distribute dominant varieties of wheat, soybeans, barley, oats, flax and forages.
New Maple Holdings
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Diversified cannabis holdings company that has access to over 1.5 million square feet of production space spread over 3 strategic locations.
Hoshi International
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Hoshi International engages in the cultivation, distribution, manufacturing, and processing of cannabis products.
Sylvite Holdings Inc.
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Sylvite Holdings Inc. is an independently owned, vertically integrated agricultural supply company.
Sensi Brands
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Sensi Brands is a cultivation organization that produces and distributes a wide range of cannabis products, extracts, and accessories.
Bonnefield Financial
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Bonnefield is a farmland investment manager and property management firm.
FarmTRX
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FarmTRX is an online marketplace for agriculture machine.
Brookdale Treeland Nurseries
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Brookdale Treeland Nurseries Limited (BTN) is one of the largest and most respected growers of garden plants in Canada.
Field Farms Ltd, Anton & Rita Felder
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Field Farms Marketing Ltd (FFM) is an industry leader in the procurement and marketing of certified organic products worldwide.
48North
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48North is a licensed producer of cannabis that grows unique genetics sourced from MariPharm B.V.
One Floral Group
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One Floral Group provides tailored floral solutions to retail customers.
Greenbelt Fund
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Greenbelt Fund works with businesses, institutions and NGOs to make Ontario’s farmers the first choice for consumers.
Jaylor
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Jaylor specializes in manufacturing mixer, manure spreaders, fertilizers and feeder for farming.
Dairy Farmers of Ontario
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Dairy Farmers of Ontario is the marketing group that represents Ontario agriculture.
Huron Tractor
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Huron Tractor operates as the dealership and specializes in agricultural and lawn & grounds care equipment with outlets.
Burnbrae Farms
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Burnbrae Farms produces and distributes eggs to grocery stores.
Competitive Green Technologies
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Competitive Green Technologies provides research assistance grants and facilitating commercialization services.
Mycionics
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Mycionics is a supplier of agricultural robotics and automation services for the mushroom industry.
7ACRES
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7ACRES harvests and produces cannabis and sells them on the online platform.
FarmMaven
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FarmMaven is a builder of advanced, information technology-based products for the agriculture industry.
A.J. Lanzarotta Wholesale Fruit & Vegetables
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A.J. Lanzarotta Wholesale has everything from premium quality produce to processed fruit and vegetables to non-traditional produce items.
Agriculture Solutions
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Agriculture Solutions is an agronomist working for a conventional fertilizer company.
Farm Life
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Farm Life is a farmers market farming company located in Peterborough.
Raglan Industries
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Raglan Industries serves agriculture and farming markets with the manufacture and supply of dump trailers, ejectors, flatbeds, and floats.
Meyer Family Enterprises
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Meyer Family Enterprises engages in philanthropy, impact investing, winemaking and grape cultivation.
Matica Enterprises
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Matica Enterprises is a cannabis producer and also offers healthcare services.
Willsie Equipment Sales
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Willsie Equipment Sales manufactures and supplies farming and agriculture equipment, spare parts, and accessories.
Ontario Plants Propagation
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Ontario Plants Propagation is a farming company that supplies greenhouse vegetable transplants to hydroponic and organic growers.
Midland Genetics
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Midland Genetics is a corn and soybean seed company.
Ontario Pork
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Ontario Pork represents farmers that specialize in research, environmental issues, consumer education, and food quality assurance.
Southwest Agromart
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Southwest Agromart offers information and services regarding growing crops that yield more along with sells crop protection products online.
Wallenstein Feed & Supply
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Wallenstein Feed & Supply is a farming company that offers a full range of nutritional solutions for the livestock & poultry industry.
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food Rural Affairs
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Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food Rural Affairs supports agriculture and fosters vibrant rural economies.
Rowefarms
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Rowe Farms is a leading retailer and supplier of locally-grown and sustainably-raised food products.
Thompsons Limited
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Thompsons Limited integrated supplier of value-added agriculture products and services.
Port Royal Mills
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Port Royal Mills provides products including stone ground flours, cereals, flakes, seeds, whole grain blends, and organic goods.
AGRIS
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Agris is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy and petroleum services.
Bio-Ag Consultants and Distributors
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Bio-Ag Consultants and Distributors facilitate custom premixes, ration balancing, lab testing, and consultation for the farming operations.
Small Talk Vineyards Analytics
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Small Talk Vineyards is a winery production unit that offers all types of wines. It has its farms and e-states where wine is manufactured.
Cravo Equipment
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Cravo Equipment specializes in creating automatic retractable roof greenhouses, cooling houses, and automated field covering systems.
Cericola Farms
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Cecilia Farms produces healthy, natural poultry products.
Martin’s Family Fruit Farm
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Martin’s Family Fruit Farm is a fruit farm that produces and supplies apples.
Chicken Farmers of Canada
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Chicken Farmers of Canada is a national association that governs chicken production and marketing in Canada.
Ball Farm Services
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Ball Farm Services provides services in Agriculture.
PGS – Portable Grading System
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PGS – Portable Grading System is a company that provides egg-grading operations to small farmers in order to increase sales.
