Press Coverage
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Plantaform lands Costco deal, hires veteran marketing exec to spark U.S. scaleup
Read story on OBJOctober 25, 2024
Buoyed by a recent move to dramatically boost its production capacity, Gatineau-based Plantaform has hired a veteran Ottawa tech executive to spearhead its U.S. marketing push.
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Gatineau startup Plantaform’s fundraising drive shifts into high gear with help from F1 star
Read story on OBJAugust 20, 2024
Founded four years ago, Plantaform has secured more than $3 million in seed funding for its products that use technology called fogponics, a technique pioneered by NASA that nourishes plants with nutrient-enriched water vapour rather than soil.
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The mist to grow fine herbs at the restaurant
Read story on leDroitMarch 9, 2024
When you pass by the Vietnamese restaurant ParLÊ in Ottawa, a round and bright gadget placed on the bar catches the eye. Plants that grow in space? -
An innovative indoor garden helps local restaurant
Read story on CTV NewsJanuary 30, 2024
Imagine running out of basil for your homemade pizza or pasta and instead of running to the store for a restock you walk over to a mini garden in your living room.
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The next trend in indoor gardening? Fog
Read story on Globe and MailOctober 16, 2023
No soil, no problem. For those with busy schedules seeking a fun way to eat more fresh greens, a Canadian startup has a new solution to grow herbs and produce indoors.
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Helping to Create the First Fogponic Indoor Garden Though Research at La Cité
Read story on La CitéJanuary 9, 2023
La Cité’s Centre for Expertise in Smart Prototyping (CEPI) partnered with Plantaform Technology. -
High-Tech Food Security
Read story on Carleton UniversityNovember 21, 2022
Two of the biggest worries on the minds of Canadians are climate change and the rising cost of groceries. A brand-new, high-tech indoor gardening pod aims to address both of these food security challenges at the same time. -
Plantaform, A Smart Indoor Garden
Read story on Radio CanadaNovember 4, 2022
Anne-Andrée Daneau discovers Plantaform, a product created in Gatineau. It is an indoor garden powered by new technology -
The world’s first smart indoor garden using advanced Fogponics technology.
Read story on BlynkMay 3, 2022
Canadian company Plantaform created the first smart indoor garden that utilizes fog to create a nutrient-rich environment to grow healthy plants quickly! -
NASA Tech in your kitchen
Read story on leDroitMarch 2, 2022
If we told you that it would soon be possible to have a technology developed by NASA in your kitchen, it would probably make you blink. For the Plantaform company, this technology was on the contrary the golden opportunity to seize. -
Herbs at home... like in space!
Read story on les affairesOctober 24, 2021
Like Nespresso, which revolutionized the concept of the coffee maker, Plantaform may well have in its hands the next small household appliance with pods that will attract consumers around the world.
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These young people turned COVID-19 into a business opportunity
Read story on CBC NewsJune 9, 2021
The aim is to make it easier for anyone, even those without green thumbs, to grow their own vegetables at home — and to contribute to helping the planet.
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The Future Of Gardening Is Indoor With Plantaform
Read story on Ottawa Life MagazineApril 26, 2021
With the combination of an elegant design and innovative fogponics technology, this in-home gardening product allows growers to hold 15 different plants in one device. It is unique from earlier aeroponics and hydroponics technology in that it uses fog to grow plants.