Vineland Research & Innovation Centre

Content Welcome to the fall 2026 issue of The Vineland Quarterly E-Newsletter. In this issue, we explore some of the people, priorities and technologies helping to shape the future of horticulture. We share an update on Ontario’s horticultural research priority-setting process and explore how digital horticulture is transforming ...

Content We were delighted to welcome a great turnout of community members and sector stakeholders to this year’s What’s Growin’ On? event, where we focused on how innovation for the commercial greenhouse sector is helping to secure Canada’s food supply.  Guests toured four locations across our campus, meeting Vineland experts and...

Amy Blake, Senior Research Technician, Consumer, Sensory & Market Insights  Using Sensory Science to Drive Horticultural Innovation  Understanding how people experience horticultural products through sensory science is what makes Amy’s work at Vineland...

Content Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland) is growing its innovation capacity in Digital Horticulture to help support Ontario’s horticulture sector convert data and practical expertise into business focused tools that support better decisions. Identified as a key strategic initiative in Vineland’s Innovation Strat...

Content By: Darby McGrath

I have been thinking a lot about what it means to make good decisions in a sector that is changing quickly. In horticulture, the next major advance may not come only from a new crop, product, or production system. It may also come from a better way of seeing what is already happening around us and usi...