The Cultivated B. plans large Ontario facility for cellular agriculture

In Ontario, The Cultivated B. is expanding its cellular agricultural operations with a 130,000-square-foot production facility and innovation hub in Burlington.

The facility will develop and produce bioreactors from 500 mL to 25,000 L, photobioreactors, and high-precision devices for cellular agriculture and precision fermentation. The facility will enable other businesses to produce alternative proteins at an industrial scale, whether in the cultivated meat, ingredients, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic industries. The facility will also house PreFer Industries, a subsidiary of The Cultivated B. focused on developing plant-based protein sources through precision fermentation.

Ontario Genomics is partnering on the site’s innovation hub. Approximately 20,000 square feet of the space will be dedicated to providing small and mid-size cellular agriculture and other biotechnology companies with access to laboratory space, bioreactors, and mentorship to test and scale up their products.

“This facility in Canada is more than just a production site. Alongside the development and production of pioneering technology and bioreactors, we want to help other enterprises in the cellular agriculture and pharmaceutical industry flourish,” Hamid R. Noori, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Cultivated B., says in a press statement. “Our innovation hub, in particular, will help shape the landscape for cellular agriculture in the country and fill a major gap that we saw. We have aligned our goals with the government and Ontario Genomics, and I look forward to seeing how we will drive forward innovation and economic development together.”

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