Dave is OBJ's senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.
MDA Space announced earlier this week that the business will be called 49North. It will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of MDA Space, a publicly traded company that builds technology such as satellite systems, sensors and robotics used in space operations.
Founded in 2020, Plantaform specializes in “smart indoor gardens” that use a technique pioneered by NASA to grow leafy greens, herbs and other vegetables in a “fog” of nutrient-enriched water vapour rather than soil.
Ottawa-based Fieldless Farms was acquired by Toronto’s Elevate Farms in late January in what the firms’ leaders describe as a union of two organizations that complement each other.