TORONTO — The Weston Family Foundation has announced four Canadian teams selected for the Scaling Phase of the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a $33 million initiative launched in 2022 to develop sustainable, domestic food production systems. This phase supports the development of year-round, cost-competitive berry production systems in Canada.

Each team will receive up to $5 million over three years to scale their solutions from concept to farm-level implementation. The goal is to demonstrate systems that can sustainably produce berries such as strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries year-round in Canada.