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Fire Starters vs Logs
Don't make the mistake of only hiring one type of employee. If you do, you'll end up with a team that's either burnt out or stagnant - startup advice...
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Horticulture
Spending Smart: Leveraging Data-Driven Growing Techniques to Optimize Treatment Costs and Increase Crop Yields
You can now use data to effectively manage your commercial greenhouse to control and optimize treatment costs and increase crop yields.
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Making the most of Sticky Traps: How to Effectively Implement this IPM Tool
The 4 different types of sticky traps used in horticulture/IPM best practices in commercial greenhouses in South Western Ontario (Kingsville,...
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Experience the latest IPM and Yield Forecasting platform from ecoation at GreenTech Americas
Vancouver-based technology firm, ecoation is excited to announce its participation in the upcoming GreenTech Americas show in the city of Querétaro,...
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On Plant Intelligence
Plants grow their branches and canopies to adapt for survival. They communicate with other plants through chemical signals through their root...
Ag-Tech
Ecoation Awarded Patent in the U.S. for Stereo-Spatio-Temporal Crop Condition Measurements
Ecoation was recently granted a United States patent for technology involving the collection of stere-spatio-temporal crop condition measurements...
Workshop on IPM (Integrated Pest Management), Digital Scouting, Yield Forecasting, Greenhouse Software
Ecoation povides free IPM/Scouting/Yield Forecasting training/workshops for scouts, growers and greenhouse growers in Leamington/Kingsville (Ontario).
Ag-Tech
ROI and Accuracy in the Horti-Tech Industry
Yield Forecasting and ROI in the Greenhouse industry
Ag-Tech
Horti-Tech in 2023
State of Horticulture and Ag-Tech in 2023 with focus on emerging greenhouse tech, market conditions (war in Ukraine, inflation) and labor issues.
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3 challenges facing Greenhouses in Leamington in 2023
Dr. Saber Miresmailli shares the top 3 challenges facing greenhouses in Leamington/Kingsville Ontario in 2023.
News
Ecoation Welcomes the Canadian Space Agency for their First Glimpse of CANGrow
How a group of scientists and engineers spend their free time building food technology for extraterrestrial applications.
Fraudulent Job Postings
Please be warned about scam job postings that are fraudulently using the Ecoation brand and company name. These fake job postings are complete scams.
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World, meet ROYA - The IPM scouting and Yield Forecasting robot for greenhouses
Ecoation and Bogaerts unveil the world's first autonomous IPM scouting and Yield Forecasting Robot for greenhouses. (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday...
How A Greenhouse Grower Reduces Pesticide By 75%
A large international greenhouse grower uses the ecoation platform to to improve their IPM program, resulting in decreased pesticide use, reduced...
How Golden Acre Growers Reduced Total IPM Costs and Avoided Pest Outbreaks
Michelle and her team manage a 45-acre greenhouse facility that predominantly produces English cucumbers. The team at Golden Acres is constantly...
How Twin Creeks Manages Flushes & Improves Short-Term Yield Forecasting by 12.4% with ecoation
Twin Creeks Greenhouse is a family-owned, high-tech 80-acre operation in Watford, Ontario (about an hour outside of the Leamington area) that has...
ecoation announces partnership with CEICKOR University in Mexico
As a Canadian organization committed to higher education as well as advancing agriculture and food production worldwide, ecoation is proud to...
ecoation unveils the world’s first computer vision-based pepper forecasting platform, available now
Ecoation revealed the world-first computer vision-based pepper forecasting platform after two years of stealth development and tests in multiple...
Vivent and ecoation announce partnership to bring real-time crop stress monitoring to North America
Ecoation, the international robotic and AI AgTech company, and Vivent, a pioneering AgTech company providing early warnings of many types of crop...
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ecoation Promotes Dr. Adrian Fuxman to Director of Data Science and Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 25, 2022) North Vancouver, BC, Canada – In order to multiply their success, growers must have complete visibility and...
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ecoation promotes Gavin Schneider to position of Vice President Agronomy and Customer Success
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 7, 2022) Leamington, ON – With the importance of research and testing becoming vital to farmers and growers, ecoation...
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ecoation hosts the first educational Jamboree in Leamington for growers
The event was attended by over 70 local growers featuring in-depth information on IPM, Lighting and Biologicals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (April 4, 2022)...
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ecoation expands its offerings into the soft fruit and berry market
Greenhouse growers of strawberries and blueberries use platform for the digitization of data. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 14, 2022) Leamington, ON....
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ecoation Appoints Sergio Eulloqui as Sales Manager, Mexico
Long-time horticultural sales specialist Sergio Eulloqui to head ecoation sales operations in the LATAM region. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (March 8,...
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IPM 2.0 - The Role of AI and Robots in the Success of Pest Management Programs
Dr. Saber Miresmailli blogs about how greenhouses can use AI and robots to help manage their integrated pest management practices and ultimately...
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ecoation and JEM farms entered into a R&D partnership
ecoation and JEM farms entered into a R&D partnership to Launch HORTECA; the most advanced epicenter and knowledge hub for the future of farming....
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ecoation has been selected as one of ten Canadian semi-finalists in the Deep Space Food Challenge
ecoation’s expertise in plants as well as sensing, analytics and control technology to produce a variety of nutrient dense foods totalling over 500kg...
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ecoation co-founder was named 2021 BIV Top Forty under 40
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC November 22, 2021 – ecoation co-founder and CTO, Maryam Antikchi is among 2021 BIV Top Forty under 40. Graduated from UBC with a...
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A three-way Partnership: Data collection on the go requires a reliable solution for mobility
Karel Bolckmans (Biobest), Joris Bogaerts (Bogaerts Greenhouse Logistics) and Saber Miresmailli (Ecoation) announced three-way partnership to bring...
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Clean50 Nominates Canada's Top Climate-savvy Leaders of 2022
Canada's Clean50 releases the remaining 34 members of the 2022 Awards List, and Ecoation's CEO and CTO are part of the Emerging Leaders and Lifetime...
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ecoation Appoints Mauricio Manotas as Chief Revenue Officer
Manotas, Formerly President of Svensson’s Americas Subsidiary, Joins the Rapidly Expanding Company as Chief Revenue Officer. LEAMINGTON, September...
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ecoation raises $22.5M to Support Global Commercial roll-out
NORTH VANCOUVER, BC, Canada and Westerlo, Belgium (September 3, 2021) – Biobest, a global leader in biocontrol and pollination and ecoation, a...
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Canadian Government Invests $10M in ecoation
Canadian Government Invests More Than $10M in ecoation as Part of Nationwide Plan to Promote Clean Tech and the Future of Agriculture. North...
Blog
12 Months, 7+ Prototypes, 1 New OKO
An inside look into the countless hours, frustrations, inspirations, and all around passion that went into delivering the OKO product and platform...
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AI and robotics will bring us to the Olympic version of IPM on The HortiDaily
“Data-driven growing is a big thing in horticulture in general. Many growers are into autonomous growing, data-driven greenhouse management, and...
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Celebrating Chris: A Day in the Life of a Senior Mechanical Engineer
Introducing #ecoationnation citizen and Senior Mechanical Engineer, Chris! Based out of the North Vancouver ecoation HQ office, Chris played a...
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Government of Canada Invests $44.3M Across 11 Canadian Cleantech Companies, including ecoation.
The Government of Canadian announced strategic investments of $44.3 million in 11 Canadian cleantech companies, including $3.1M to ecoation.
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Blue Radix & ecoation Join Forces With The World's 1st Autonomous Find & Fix Solution
Blue Radix, an independent Dutch AI-tech specialist for the international greenhouse industry, and Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (ecoation), a...
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SHINING LIGHT ON OPTIMIZED GROWING: ECOATION & SOLLUM SIGN MOU TO EXPLORE FUTURE COLLABORATION
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (ecoation), a Canadian developer of automated greenhouse management and crop health monitoring technologies and...
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Analytics to Action: ecoation’s IPM Outbreak Projection Warns Growers Weeks Before Impact
IPM Outbreak Projection enables growers to get ahead of issues with AI-driven projection that prompts proactive action.
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Biobest & ecoation Join Forces to Drive AI-Optimized IPM in the European Market
Biobest, a worldwide supplier of solutions for biological control of pests and disease, and ecoation have partnered effective January 2021.
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Data-Driven Analytics Meet Remote Ag Expert Advice: ecoation & AGvisorPRO Announce Collaboration
ecoation and AGvisorPRO have signed an agreement to collaborate through integration.
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Celebrating Sayaka: A Day in the Life of an ecoation Front-End Developer
Introducing #ecoationnation citizen and Front-End Developer, Sayaka! This post aims to celebrate Sayaka and the amazing work she does.
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Mucci Farms Launches ecoation’s OKO Immersive Platform and Enters into Research Collaboration
Mucci Farms, a Kingsville, Ontario based greenhouse industry leader, launches ecoation’s OKO Immersive and sign 2-year research agreement.
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Pests, Treatments, and Microclimates: ecoation Uses AI to Optimize IPM in Commercial Greenhouses
ecoation’s IPM Success Stories collection confirms significant cost savings resulting from the company’s AI-centric IPM services.
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ecoation Accelerates Access to OKO Platform Through New Equipment Financing Options
Greenhouse growers in Canada and the United States are now able to access ecoation’s OKO platform on new, flexible financing terms.
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Putting AI to Work in Commercial Agriculture
A modern commercial greenhouse is a fantastically complex operation and can easily be dozens of acres in size. Growers are required to know what is...
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Sisu in Action: A Year in Review
Sisu is the Finnish concept of finding inner strength and enduring perseverance when faced with a challenge that presents insurmountable odds against...
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Celebrating Hannah: A Day in the Life of an ecoation Greenhouse Scout
With over 5-years of greenhouse industry experience, Hannah continues to make ecoation proud everyday. This post aims to celebrate Hannah and the...
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OKO Tantalus: Same mission, Upgraded Platform, Shaped by Lessons Learned.
ecoation’s next generation of the OKO platform (OKO Tantalus) offers several upgrades including the world-first 8K 360-degree virtual walk with live...
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ecoation and Kinova® Announce Official Partnership to Advance Horticulture Pest & Disease Treatment
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc., a leading provider of data-driven Grower Assist Technology, and Kinova®, a Canadian-based global leader in...
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Dr. Lino Coria: Machine Learning in Real Life
Dr. Lino Coria shares his real-world machine learning experience with the Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology (SCWIST), including...
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A Value-Driven Approach: 7 Commitments to Our Work, Our Customers, and Each Other.
We constantly hear the term: core values, but what exactly are they? The definition of value, according to the dictionary: “something (such as a...
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Ecoation and Viscon Announce Collaboration to Enhance Automation and AI in Horticulture
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc., a leading provider of data-driven Grower Assist Technology, and Viscon Fresh Produce B.V., an industrial
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Women Leading CleanTech: 5 Questions with Founder and CTO, Maryam Antikchi
Learn more about Maryam Antikchi - CTO and Co-founder of Ecoation
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A Fresh Climate Perspective: What is Stereo-Spatiotemporal Data Collection and Why is it Important?
By Dr. Saber Miresmailli, ecoation Founder and CEO Alongside the announcement of ecoation’s newly patented KENNIS Grower Assistant platform, we also...
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Ecoation Announces KENNIS Grower Assistant, a Newly Patented Human+Machine AI / IA Platform
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. is excited to introduce the newly patented KENNIS Grower Assistant. KENNIS combines the vast amount of data...
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“Canada’s CleanTech rising star, Ecoation, wins World in 2050’s Olympics of Innovation”
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. wins World in 2050's Olympics of Innovation award through company’s unparalleled commitment to supporting growers...
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What's Now and Next in AI for Greenhouses: Dr. Saber Miresmailli on The Grower Podcast
Ecoation teamed up with epidemiologists who are fighting COVID-19 and devised a new technology and approach that ensure continuous production of...
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Mapping Greenhouse Microclimates and Pest Hot Spots
Maintaining a consistent climate is essential for reliable production in a greenhouse operation. Through the OKO platform, growers are now able to...
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Being an ecoation Agronomist
ecoation Today we are meeting Riley Riddell, ecoation Agronomist, to learn about his expertise and his thoughts on data-informed growing. Riley is a...
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Canadians Take Note, Now is the Time to Invest in Greenhouse Production
Now is the time for more Canadian farms to learn about and invest in advanced greenhouse food production.
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Ecoation Develops Groundbreaking Technology for Providing Real-Time IPM Risk Projections
In collaboration with epidemiology researchers, Ecoation Inc. developed a new technology that help greenhouse growers fight Corona and Tomato Brown...
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50 Years of Flattening the Curve: Lessons from IPM in Horticulture
Dr. Saber Miresmailli Founder & CEO Ecoation The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948 was awarded to Paul Hermann Müller “for his discovery of...
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Albert Pinto joins Ecoation & Viscon Group NA as North American Sales Director
Ecoation announced the appointment of Albert Pinto as its new North American Sales Director. Albert joins the Ecoation executive team following his...
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Aaron Bickell joined Ecoation as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing
NORTH VANCOUVER, British Columbia – March 2, 2020 - Ecoation, a leader in the field of greenhouse AI and Robotics, is pleased to announce the...
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Technology and the future of horticulture: a view from Canada
As part of the SmartHort project to accelerate the uptake of automation and robotics in UK horticulture, AHDB spoke to Saber Miresmailli, Founder &...
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Ecoation launched its first OKO machine in Europe
After successfully deploying the OKO machine into the greenhouses across North America, Ecoation launched its first OKO machine in Europe.
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Aaron Bickell: "I have a passion for newer life cycle companies"
After a long career in the Agri-banking industry, it was time for change. Aaron Bickell has been through some interesting and challenging years...
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Ecoation 2.0: New headquarters, robots all over the world and an enhanced executive team
In September 2019, Ecoation opened its brand new headquarters in North Vancouver, BC. The new location can house 70 employees and has a fully...
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Robot als 'video ref' helpt Kees Stijger scouten
Wat als kennis over nieuw virus sneller gedeeld kan worden dan het zich kan verspreiden? Click here to see the original article
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Customer Success Story in the Netherlands
"IRIS is an ideal employee" Kees Stijger Read the full article here
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Koppert Biological Systems and Ecoation have signed a cooperation agreement
Click here to see the press release.
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Scissor lift doubles as 'video ref' with unbiased and deep-learning scouting
Whether it’s viruses, plant diseases or other threats to a crop – one thing that's for sure is that new threats will definitely not be the last, and...
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Ecoation received $3M investment from Federal Government of Canada.
The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister...
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Ecoation raised $5.4M to take their “IPM As-a-Service” & “Grow As-a-Service” platform to the Market
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. announced today the completion of a successful financing round, which closed in December 2018. The Seed financing...
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Big Data Helps Track Crop Stress and Yield
The human eye feeds 10 million bits per second to the brain, but when workers walk a greenhouse to check plants there's only so much info they can...
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Lift Cart Collects Data While Crop Work is Done
It looks like a lift cart, it works like a lift cart, but it's not a lift cart. The new Ecoation machine, the OKO lift cart, not only enables workers...
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Startup Week Confirms Vancouver's Startup Hub Status
“If anything, I wish I had a big pot of money to hire everybody who comes and knocks on our door,” said the CEO and founder of Ecoation Innovative...
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Innovate BC Client Ecoation Wins Prestigious GreenTech Innovation Award
Ecoation was recently presented with the 2018 GreenTech Innovation Concept Award in Amsterdam for their role in creating the IRIS! Scout Robot,...
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IRIS! Scout Robot Won the GreenTech Award 2018!
We are proud to announce that the IRIS! Scout Robot won the prestigious 2018 GreenTech Innovation Concept Award. The award ceremony took place during...
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Robot for Scouting Plants in Greenhouses
A consortium of three companies, Ecoation, Metazet FormFlex and Micothon, has launched a new robot for scouting plants in greenhouses... Click here...
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Ecoation Founder and CEO was Named in the BIV Forty Under 40 List
“My biggest career step was migrating to Canada,” said the Tehran-born entrepreneur who immigrated to this country in 2003 to study plant science as...
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Ecoation Won the First Prize at the New Ventures BC Competition
At its 17th annual awards on September 25 in Vancouver, non-profit New Ventures BC announced the winners of the BCIC–New Ventures Competition....
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Ecoation Signals a New Age of Agriculture
Dr. Saber Miresmailli is the Founder and CEO of Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. (Ecoation), located in North Vancouver, BC. Dr. Miresmailli’s...
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Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. Closes $1M Seed Financing to Launch Commercialization
Ecoation Innovative Solutions Inc. announced today the completion of a successful Seed financing. The financing was initiated in November 2016 and...
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Ecoation Won AgTech Innovation Challenge Award at BCTECH Summit 2017
Four B.C. companies have each won $20,000 for developing B.C. technology to help solve a problem identified as part of the BC Ministry of Agriculture...
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Ecoation Won the 2016 North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award
The 19th Annual Business Excellence Awards took place on November 3rd at the Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier in North Vancouver. Ecoation won the Business...
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Ecoation has Joined the Climate Technology Centre and Network of the United Nations
Ecoation has joined the United Nations’ Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN). The CTCN is the operational arm of the UNFCCC Technology...
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Ecoation Won the 2015 IAFBC Award of Excellence for Innovation in Agriculture
The Investment Agriculture Foundation of B.C. (IAF) has awarded the 2015 Award of Excellence for Innovation to Dr. Saber Miresmailli, founder and CEO...
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Ecoation Joined an International Team of Experts, Supported by Funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates..
Ecoation Joined an International Team of Experts, Supported by Funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Ecoation founder and CEO, Dr. Saber...