Intravision
@intravision.ca
Intravision is a technology and science leader in Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA). Over 25 years, we have built a robust technology platform through research collaborations with leading institutes in Europe and North America.
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Intravision
@intravision.ca
· Mar 7
Intravision: Rethinking Agriculture for a Resource-Limited World
From space research to global food solutions, our journey is rooted in science, innovation, and the belief that we can build a more sustainable future.
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The future of agriculture isn’t just about growing more—it’s about growing smarter. 🌱💡
At Intravision, we’re blending science, technology, and sustainability to rethink how food and medicinal plants are produced.
Discover our journey and vision for the future:
At Intravision, we’re blending science, technology, and sustainability to rethink how food and medicinal plants are produced.
Discover our journey and vision for the future:
Energy-to-biomass efficiency isn’t a theoretical footnote — it’s where the economics and sustainability of controlled environments are decided. Quantifying these conversions is how the tech matures.
#AgTech #CEA #MolecularFarming
#AgTech #CEA #MolecularFarming
Kilowatts to kilograms: How efficiently can LEDs turn energy into lettuce?
Less than 1% of the energy powering the LEDs ends up in the lettuce head.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Energy-to-biomass efficiency isn’t a theoretical footnote — it’s where the economics and sustainability of controlled environments are decided. Quantifying these conversions is how the tech matures.
#AgTech #CEA #MolecularFarming
#AgTech #CEA #MolecularFarming
This piece captures the core bottleneck in botanical therapeutics: biochemical consistency starts with environmental consistency. Controlled-environment systems aren’t just about food — they’re becoming essential research tools for developing reliable, high-value medicinal crops.
Beyond lettuce: The future of plant medicine is in vertical farms
Medicinal plants are vertical farmings next frontier.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This piece captures the core bottleneck in botanical therapeutics: biochemical consistency starts with environmental consistency. Controlled-environment systems aren’t just about food — they’re becoming essential research tools for developing reliable, high-value medicinal crops.
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Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Identifying the safe operating space for food systems - Nature Food
Consensus exists on the urgent need for food systems to be more sustainable, but defining their environmentally safe operating space is challenging. This study proposes food system boundaries as a sha...
www.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Canada sits on 20% of the world’s freshwater, yet we still treat water like an afterthought. In agriculture we already see how fragile security becomes when supply chains stretch thin. Water will be no different. Efficiency is sovereignty.
Good thought piece by @lenispooner.bsky.social
Good thought piece by @lenispooner.bsky.social
The New Scramble for Canada’s Water and Minerals
Why geography can no longer shield Canada, and how water, critical minerals, and foreign interests are reshaping our sovereignty in the twenty-first century.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Canada sits on 20% of the world’s freshwater, yet we still treat water like an afterthought. In agriculture we already see how fragile security becomes when supply chains stretch thin. Water will be no different. Efficiency is sovereignty.
Good thought piece by @lenispooner.bsky.social
Good thought piece by @lenispooner.bsky.social
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How much environmental pressure can the global food system apply before the Earth stops being stable enough to sustain us?
Article: Food systems are the single biggest cause of planetary boundary transgressions. In line with the EAT Lancet report, this study estimates food systems boundaries as a share of planetary boundaries, across 9 key indicators.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Identifying the safe operating space for food systems - Nature Food
Consensus exists on the urgent need for food systems to be more sustainable, but defining their environmentally safe operating space is challenging. This study proposes food system boundaries as a sha...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
How much environmental pressure can the global food system apply before the Earth stops being stable enough to sustain us?
Climate volatility is disrupting the very plants our medicines rely on. Controlled environments offer a path from fragile supply chains to local, high-purity medicinal production.
Our latest piece explores this shift:
#Agritech #Biotech #ControlledEnvironment #MedicinalPlants #PhytoPharma
Our latest piece explores this shift:
#Agritech #Biotech #ControlledEnvironment #MedicinalPlants #PhytoPharma
Cultivating Health: Why the Future of Medicine Will Be Grown Indoors
When Climate Becomes the Variable, Control Becomes the Cure
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Climate volatility is disrupting the very plants our medicines rely on. Controlled environments offer a path from fragile supply chains to local, high-purity medicinal production.
Our latest piece explores this shift:
#Agritech #Biotech #ControlledEnvironment #MedicinalPlants #PhytoPharma
Our latest piece explores this shift:
#Agritech #Biotech #ControlledEnvironment #MedicinalPlants #PhytoPharma
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Intravision is proud to partner with the world-leading plant science team at the University of Guelph.
Together, we’re building frontier tools for the future of agriculture—from Photosystem Chambers™ to the GravityFlow™ vertical farm.
Science-led. Systems-built.
#AgTech #CEA #Intravision
Together, we’re building frontier tools for the future of agriculture—from Photosystem Chambers™ to the GravityFlow™ vertical farm.
Science-led. Systems-built.
#AgTech #CEA #Intravision
Mike Dixon, Thomas Graham, Youbin Zheng - Synergy Award for Innovation - NSERC
NSERC - Synergy Award for Innovation - Mike Dixon, Thomas Graham, Youbin Zheng
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Intravision is proud to partner with the world-leading plant science team at the University of Guelph.
Together, we’re building frontier tools for the future of agriculture—from Photosystem Chambers™ to the GravityFlow™ vertical farm.
Science-led. Systems-built.
#AgTech #CEA #Intravision
Together, we’re building frontier tools for the future of agriculture—from Photosystem Chambers™ to the GravityFlow™ vertical farm.
Science-led. Systems-built.
#AgTech #CEA #Intravision
In controlled environments like Intravision’s, elevated CO₂ can boost growth while avoiding the heat, drought, and nutrient stress that erase those benefits in open fields.
The challenge isn’t to dismiss CO₂ effects, but to harness them responsibly.
The challenge isn’t to dismiss CO₂ effects, but to harness them responsibly.
Trump’s Department of Energy misleadingly suggests that higher CO2 levels are beneficial for agriculture. Top scientists – and decades of research – say that’s wrong.
The reality: Extreme weather caused by rising CO2 damages harvests and could drive up food prices worldwide.
The reality: Extreme weather caused by rising CO2 damages harvests and could drive up food prices worldwide.
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer and more expensive.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In controlled environments like Intravision’s, elevated CO₂ can boost growth while avoiding the heat, drought, and nutrient stress that erase those benefits in open fields.
The challenge isn’t to dismiss CO₂ effects, but to harness them responsibly.
The challenge isn’t to dismiss CO₂ effects, but to harness them responsibly.
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Wheat under artificial light — a symbol of adaptation. 🌾
At @intravision.ca research like this helps regions facing drought and heat grow staple crops in controlled environments.
From the desert to the Arctic, food security begins with photosynthesis made predictable.
#FoodSecurity #MENA
At @intravision.ca research like this helps regions facing drought and heat grow staple crops in controlled environments.
From the desert to the Arctic, food security begins with photosynthesis made predictable.
#FoodSecurity #MENA
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wheat under artificial light — a symbol of adaptation. 🌾
At @intravision.ca research like this helps regions facing drought and heat grow staple crops in controlled environments.
From the desert to the Arctic, food security begins with photosynthesis made predictable.
#FoodSecurity #MENA
At @intravision.ca research like this helps regions facing drought and heat grow staple crops in controlled environments.
From the desert to the Arctic, food security begins with photosynthesis made predictable.
#FoodSecurity #MENA
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From food to pharmacy. 🍓
Plants carry more than flavour — they hold chemistry tied to human health. In controlled environments, we study how light, spectrum, and stress shape that potential. Healing, one photon at a time.
#Intravision #MedicinalPlants #Photobiology #PlantScience #FutureOfMedicine
Plants carry more than flavour — they hold chemistry tied to human health. In controlled environments, we study how light, spectrum, and stress shape that potential. Healing, one photon at a time.
#Intravision #MedicinalPlants #Photobiology #PlantScience #FutureOfMedicine
October 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
From food to pharmacy. 🍓
Plants carry more than flavour — they hold chemistry tied to human health. In controlled environments, we study how light, spectrum, and stress shape that potential. Healing, one photon at a time.
#Intravision #MedicinalPlants #Photobiology #PlantScience #FutureOfMedicine
Plants carry more than flavour — they hold chemistry tied to human health. In controlled environments, we study how light, spectrum, and stress shape that potential. Healing, one photon at a time.
#Intravision #MedicinalPlants #Photobiology #PlantScience #FutureOfMedicine
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The same science designed to sustain astronauts—closed-loop systems recycling air, water, and nutrients—is reshaping how we grow food on Earth.
What we learn from space keeps us alive down here.
#ESA #Intravision #Photobiology #CircularSystems #FutureOfFood @intravision.ca
What we learn from space keeps us alive down here.
#ESA #Intravision #Photobiology #CircularSystems #FutureOfFood @intravision.ca
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The same science designed to sustain astronauts—closed-loop systems recycling air, water, and nutrients—is reshaping how we grow food on Earth.
What we learn from space keeps us alive down here.
#ESA #Intravision #Photobiology #CircularSystems #FutureOfFood @intravision.ca
What we learn from space keeps us alive down here.
#ESA #Intravision #Photobiology #CircularSystems #FutureOfFood @intravision.ca
With solar now being the world’s cheapest energy source, controlled-environment farming has a stronger foundation. Lower power costs = more accessible, resilient, scalable CEA systems. The math is shifting in favor of clean farms.
#CEA #Solar #Sustainability
#CEA #Solar #Sustainability
Solar power named the world’s cheapest energy source
Solar energy is now so cheap it costs as little as €0.023 to produce one unit of power, a new study has found.
www.euronews.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
With solar now being the world’s cheapest energy source, controlled-environment farming has a stronger foundation. Lower power costs = more accessible, resilient, scalable CEA systems. The math is shifting in favor of clean farms.
#CEA #Solar #Sustainability
#CEA #Solar #Sustainability
UW’s Controlled-Environment Agriculture Network signals a new institutional commitment to resilient food systems. Partnerships, applied research, on-site trials—this is how the science becomes field-ready.
#ControlEnvAg #FoodSystems #AgInnovation
#ControlEnvAg #FoodSystems #AgInnovation
UW Launches Controlled Environment Agriculture Network
This fall, the University of Wyoming is launching the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Network, a transformative initiative to accelerate workforce development, research and innovation in one ...
www.uwyo.edu
October 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
UW’s Controlled-Environment Agriculture Network signals a new institutional commitment to resilient food systems. Partnerships, applied research, on-site trials—this is how the science becomes field-ready.
#ControlEnvAg #FoodSystems #AgInnovation
#ControlEnvAg #FoodSystems #AgInnovation
Vertical farming in hospitals turns healthcare into a food producer. Reduces waste, cuts miles, and strengthens local nutrition security. A real step toward systems that heal.
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #FoodSystems
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#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #FoodSystems
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Vertical Farming in Hospitals: Making Onsite Nutrition a Reality
Explore how vertical farm hospitals are transforming patient nutrition with fresh food grown onsite for better health outcomes.
igrownews.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Vertical farming in hospitals turns healthcare into a food producer. Reduces waste, cuts miles, and strengthens local nutrition security. A real step toward systems that heal.
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #FoodSystems
igrownews.com/vertical-far...
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #FoodSystems
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Breaking the greenhouse divide isn’t just rhetoric—it’s necessity. Integrating horticulture, ag, tech, and systems thinking unlocks new efficiencies and resilience. The future of food demands we converge, not fragment.
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #Sustainability
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #Sustainability
Breaking the Greenhouse Divide: Why It’s Time to Unify Horticulture
Danielle Ernster of BioTherm shares why she feels the horticulture industry is too fragmented, and what can be done to unify it.
www.greenhousegrower.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Breaking the greenhouse divide isn’t just rhetoric—it’s necessity. Integrating horticulture, ag, tech, and systems thinking unlocks new efficiencies and resilience. The future of food demands we converge, not fragment.
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #Sustainability
#ControlledEnvironment #AgTech #Sustainability
Education drives evolution in CEA. The upcoming Hort Americas Vertical Farming Short Course is another step toward practical, data-driven food systems that scale sustainably.
#AgTech #CEA #Innovation #VerticalFarming
www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9772...
#AgTech #CEA #Innovation #VerticalFarming
www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9772...
Hort Americas to host vertical growing short course
Hort Americas will host a Vertical Farming Short Course on October 25. The course will explore the latest trends and innovations in sustainable urban agriculture, and cover everything from…
www.verticalfarmdaily.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Education drives evolution in CEA. The upcoming Hort Americas Vertical Farming Short Course is another step toward practical, data-driven food systems that scale sustainably.
#AgTech #CEA #Innovation #VerticalFarming
www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9772...
#AgTech #CEA #Innovation #VerticalFarming
www.verticalfarmdaily.com/article/9772...
AgTech isn’t just about tech—it’s about talent. The Bahamas’ new AgTech Pilot Cohort is proof that investing in people builds resilient food systems. Great to see nations training a generation ready to feed a changing planet.
#AgTech #CEA #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodTech
#AgTech #CEA #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodTech
Joint programme introduces AgTech Pilot Cohort in Grand Bahama
The Bahamas has launched a groundbreaking AgTech Pilot Cohort in Grand Bahama, joining global nations like Brazil and Nigeria in prioritizing food security through technology.
www.tribune242.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
AgTech isn’t just about tech—it’s about talent. The Bahamas’ new AgTech Pilot Cohort is proof that investing in people builds resilient food systems. Great to see nations training a generation ready to feed a changing planet.
#AgTech #CEA #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodTech
#AgTech #CEA #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodTech
Food security isn’t about luxury crops — it’s about resilience. Vertical farming must be seen as climate infrastructure: securing food & medicines with radical efficiency.
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Resilience Beyond Growth: Vertical Farming as Climate Infrastructure
Why food and medicine production must become part of our climate abatement strategy
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Food security isn’t about luxury crops — it’s about resilience. Vertical farming must be seen as climate infrastructure: securing food & medicines with radical efficiency.
Read more:
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Across Europe, governments are backing CEA and greenhouse farming with funding and policy—lowering barriers, driving efficiency, and aligning with EU climate goals. Agriculture isn’t just adapting; it’s being reengineered for resilience.
#GreenDeal #AgTech #Intravision
#GreenDeal #AgTech #Intravision
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Across Europe, governments are backing CEA and greenhouse farming with funding and policy—lowering barriers, driving efficiency, and aligning with EU climate goals. Agriculture isn’t just adapting; it’s being reengineered for resilience.
#GreenDeal #AgTech #Intravision
#GreenDeal #AgTech #Intravision
What does Intravision do exactly? We offers clean, consistent and safe production of high-value plants for food & medicine.
Securing resilient supply chains in a world disrupted by climate change, water scarcity and limited land.
#adaptation #climatechange #agtech #futureoffood #biotech
Securing resilient supply chains in a world disrupted by climate change, water scarcity and limited land.
#adaptation #climatechange #agtech #futureoffood #biotech
September 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What does Intravision do exactly? We offers clean, consistent and safe production of high-value plants for food & medicine.
Securing resilient supply chains in a world disrupted by climate change, water scarcity and limited land.
#adaptation #climatechange #agtech #futureoffood #biotech
Securing resilient supply chains in a world disrupted by climate change, water scarcity and limited land.
#adaptation #climatechange #agtech #futureoffood #biotech
Food is only part of the picture. Controlled environments can protect fragile biodiversity—leafy greens today, medicinal plants tomorrow.
Every species saved, every compound preserved, is resilience.
#Biodiversity #MedicinalPlants #AgTech
Every species saved, every compound preserved, is resilience.
#Biodiversity #MedicinalPlants #AgTech
September 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Food is only part of the picture. Controlled environments can protect fragile biodiversity—leafy greens today, medicinal plants tomorrow.
Every species saved, every compound preserved, is resilience.
#Biodiversity #MedicinalPlants #AgTech
Every species saved, every compound preserved, is resilience.
#Biodiversity #MedicinalPlants #AgTech
From soil degradation to seedling trays lit by LEDs: this is the adaptation story. Vertical farming isn’t a silver bullet—but it conserves water, avoids pesticides, and grows clean food anywhere.
It’s not replacing nature, but buying resilience.
#Adaptation #AgTech #FoodSecurity
It’s not replacing nature, but buying resilience.
#Adaptation #AgTech #FoodSecurity
September 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
From soil degradation to seedling trays lit by LEDs: this is the adaptation story. Vertical farming isn’t a silver bullet—but it conserves water, avoids pesticides, and grows clean food anywhere.
It’s not replacing nature, but buying resilience.
#Adaptation #AgTech #FoodSecurity
It’s not replacing nature, but buying resilience.
#Adaptation #AgTech #FoodSecurity
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Fungi have always seemed strange but the more we learn, the stranger they become. From underground communication to medicinal potential, mushrooms may hold keys to plant intelligence & human health. We're investing in understanding that potential through ongoing NSERC research at UofGuelph. 🍄
Most plant-friendly fungi are a mystery to scientists
Most fungi that partner with plants are known only from trace DNA sequences left in soil.
theconversation.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fungi have always seemed strange but the more we learn, the stranger they become. From underground communication to medicinal potential, mushrooms may hold keys to plant intelligence & human health. We're investing in understanding that potential through ongoing NSERC research at UofGuelph. 🍄
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In agtech, we (@intravision.ca avision.ca) see wetlands the way we see water systems in CEA: essential frameworks, not extras. Losing wetlands is losing nature’s filtration and memory. But it's also a call to act—CEA can deliver plant-level efficiency, but only if we value systems as much as yields.
September 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In agtech, we (@intravision.ca avision.ca) see wetlands the way we see water systems in CEA: essential frameworks, not extras. Losing wetlands is losing nature’s filtration and memory. But it's also a call to act—CEA can deliver plant-level efficiency, but only if we value systems as much as yields.
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At @intravision.ca, we see water as the most precious input in agriculture. Our CEA systems grow clean plant material with minimal water, showing resilience is possible. Scarcity is real, but innovation means optimism. 🌱🔬
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
At @intravision.ca, we see water as the most precious input in agriculture. Our CEA systems grow clean plant material with minimal water, showing resilience is possible. Scarcity is real, but innovation means optimism. 🌱🔬