INFRASTRUCTURE & EXPERTISE

Gain access to applied research, analytical food science, and pre-commercialization space.

Holland College

Applied research

Access to student chefs

Holland College is PEI's community college, specializing in tourism and hospitality, justice, health, marine studies, aviation, industrial trades, computer technology, and media and communications. Gain access to the chefs and student at The Culinary Institute of Canada through Canada's Smartest Kitchen, or contact the Applied Research department to solve problems or take advantage of market opportunities.

National Research Council

Analytical services

Incubation space

The National Research Council (NRC) is the Government of Canada's premier research and technology organization (RTO). Working with clients and partners, they provide innovation support, strategic research, and scientific and technical services.

BioFoodTech

CFIA approved pilot facility

Microbial testing

BioFoodTech is a confidential, contract research, processing, and analytical services company located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They provide specialized services to companies and entrepreneurs in both the food and bioprocessing sectors through a professional team made up of food and bioprocessing scientists, microbiologists, technologists and support staff.

Perennia

Food science

Incubator space

Quality assurance

Perennia’s mission is to help farmers, fishermen and food processors be prosperous and profitable. They work with clients to address production issues on farms, create quality and food safety programs, offering leased incubation space for new product development. They conduct research to transform underutilized land- and marine-based bioresources into high-value products like nutraceuticals, functional ingredients and non-food based bioproducts.

Marine Institute of Newfoundland

Aquaculture facility

Industry training courses

The Fisheries and Marine Institute is Canada’s most comprehensive centre for education, training, applied research and industrial support for the ocean industries, located at Memorial University of Newfoundland on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. They are one of the most respected centres of marine learning and applied research in the world.