A team led by Simon Fraser University plant genomics researcher Jim Mattsson is taking its research on greenhouse grown berries to the next level with a $5 million grant from the Weston Family Foundation.

The grant will support the scaling up of a production system fine-tuned during a previous phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a $33 million program the foundation launched in 2022 to spur agritech innovation and reduce Canada’s reliance on imports.