Commercialization Projects is where collaboration goes further than a tour or a showcase. GRIS builds and coordinates hands-on projects that bring the whole ecosystem to the table around a shared goal — testing a new variety, piloting new technology, or proving out a new growing method — with a clear line to the outcome that actually matters to a farmer: better yields, better returns, and access to real markets.
How It Works
We build the coalition
We coordinate the project
We measure what matters
We open the door to market
GRIS brings together the right mix of partners for each project — the farm hosting it, the researchers studying it, the technology or input company behind the innovation, and the service providers supporting execution.
Funding, timelines, partner roles, and reporting are managed by GRIS, so every partner can focus on their piece of the work.
Every project tracks real outcomes — yield, quality, cost, and viability — not just whether something technically worked.
Where a project proves out, GRIS works to connect growers with retail partners across Canada, so results turn into actual sales, not just a good pilot report.
What We Deliver
Better Yields
Better Returns
Market Access
Testing new varieties, inputs, and growing methods under real operating conditions.
Projects built around outcomes that improve a farm's bottom line, not just its technology stack.
Direct pathways to leading retail stores across Canada for growers who prove out through a GRIS project.
Farmers & Growers
Educational Institutions
Industry & Technology Companies
Hosting trials and bringing real operating conditions to the work.
Providing research design, data, and student talent.
Bringing the innovation being tested, from new inputs to new equipment.
Service Providers
Retailers
Supporting execution, from technical expertise to financing.
The market on the other end of a project that proves out.
Bring a Project to GRIS
If you're a farmer with an idea, a company with a technology to prove out, or a retailer looking to source what's next — this is where it starts.