Category Archives: Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre

HESIC: Ready to solve your horticultural, greenhouse, or cannabis innovation challenge

Niagara College’s Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) specializes in performing growth trials with horticultural crops that evaluate innovations and improvements. We have extensive experience in innovations that are close to commercialization. Our expertise includes assessing technologies, production practices, packaging, media and pots, pest and disease control approaches and more. Located at the Daniel J. Patterson campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Centre works with faculty … Continue reading HESIC: Ready to solve your horticultural, greenhouse, or cannabis innovation challenge »

R&I staff member, Christine George, presenting at Grower Day in June

On June 20, Christine George, Research Lead with the Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC), will be presenting at Grower Day. From 3 to 3:30 p.m., she will present on “Novel media amendments: How well can they reduce fertilizer use?”. The presentation will summarize NC HESIC’s recent projects, which studied potential fertilizer reduction using various media amendments, all of which are produced in Southern … Continue reading R&I staff member, Christine George, presenting at Grower Day in June »

Watch: HESIC capabilities & IZ success story video

Niagara College’s Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) is proud to officially launch its latest video highlighting the capabilities of the Innovation Centre and the magic partnership  with International Zeolite.   Based in Canada, International Zeolite is a vertically integrated organization that covers the complete value chain from zeolite production and supply to direct-to-consumer capabilities. Its products are tested, applied, and exceed the standards … Continue reading Watch: HESIC capabilities & IZ success story video »

Niagara College-led Greenhouse Technology Network expands membership by two

Brock University and the University of Windsor are the newest members of Greenhouse Technology Network (GTN), a Niagara College-led consortium of academic research institutions supporting the research needs of greenhouse and related technology businesses through applied projects. In 2019, the new network for research and technology in southern Ontario’s greenhouse sector was established with support from a $5-million Government of Canada investment through the Federal … Continue reading Niagara College-led Greenhouse Technology Network expands membership by two »

NOW HIRING: Research Lab Technologist with our HESIC team

Research Laboratory Technologist Applications are invited for the regular position of part time Research Laboratory Technologist with the Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC). Reporting to the Manager, Research Program for the Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre, the Research Laboratory Technologist is responsible for the laboratories, supplies, equipment, experiments and methods for the greenhouse, cannabis and horticulture laboratory components of the Horticultural & … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Research Lab Technologist with our HESIC team »

Take a look at HESIC’s trip to University of Havana through imagery

Niagara College’s Horticultural and Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) travelled to Cuba to visit the research experts at the University of Havana, in partnership with International Zeolite. International Zeolite has several partnerships with a group of Cuban scientists who were working with this mineral. Those researchers and others from the University of Havana developed a proprietary way to embed all the nutrients necessary for plant … Continue reading Take a look at HESIC’s trip to University of Havana through imagery »