ABOUT US
changing the way the world grows
We are a vertical farming technology and greenhouse operations company that is publicly traded on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol AFI and on the OTCQB under the symbol RSSFF
Affinor is a patented technology developer and supplier of turnkey vertical farming facilities including proprietary greenhouse, growing towers, automation and cultivation processes. In 2021, the worldwide market size of vertical farming was US$4.3 billion and is forecasted to reach US$20 billion by 2028 for a CAGR growth rate of 24.4%. Affinor has developed and patented its own growing towers in Canada, the USA. Patent pending automated lettuce line production technology is ready for commercial pilot.
Affinor has an aggressive expansion plan to grow strawberries, romaine lettuce, kale and spinach across Western Canada.
Our Vision
To become a premium producer of fresh produce by leveraging our exclusive vertical farming technology and process knowledge.
Our Mission
Affinor is on a mission and we are committed to becoming a pre-eminent supplier of quality food in an ethical, environmentally friendly and energy efficient way, and to make a significant economic return for Affinor’s partners and shareholders
OUR STORY
Affinor CEO, Nick Brusatore designed and established manufacturing capacity for Affinor’s growing towers with a local steel manufacturing company in BC. The towers provide a 3-6x increase in yield per square meter depending on the crop. It is the most sustainable and cost-efficient vertical technology. Typical water use is cut by 95%, and soils are remediated onsite. The operation runs on alternative energy, and there are no toxic outputs.
The design optimally accommodates Affinor’s technology for use in all climates including heavy snowfall and extreme heat. Affinor is the design partner and exclusive sales representative for Atlantis greenhouses. This new product is expected to accelerate the company’s scaleup and growth plans.
Strategic alliances
Affinor has signed a Commercialization Agreement with Britespan Building Systems Inc. (“Britespan”), a private Ontario Corporation, to engineer and manufacture new polycarbonate greenhouses (“Atlantis”) co-designed by Affinor and Britespan.
Britespan currently designs, engineers, and manufactures prefabricated buildings in Canada and internationally. Affinor conceived the "Atlantis" greenhouse by adding a polycarbonate material to the outside surface of the Britespan building trusses. This dramatically improves certain key performance characteristics of commercial greenhouse systems, while optimally accommodating Affinor’s vertical growing technology and processes.
Affinor and Britespan have joint right, title and interest in the Atlantis Greenhouse, including any enhancements, changes or improvements introduced by either Party. Britespan has agreed to pay all costs required to design the Atlantis Greenhouse Structure, as well as prefabricate and manufacture the component parts. Affinor retains sole responsibility for ongoing servicing of contracts and relations of customers having purchased an Atlantis Greenhouse.
A Demonstration Project has been agreed to for the Parties to work together to manufacture the first full-scale Demonstration Greenhouse, to be built adjacent to Affinor’s current lease location on Page Road in Abbotsford. This will provide a benchmark for Atlantis Greenhouse build costs and timing. Affinor shall be responsible for engaging a Dealer (or other third party) to build and complete the Demonstration Greenhouse at the site.
Affinor is responsible for the operation of the Demonstration Greenhouse, including the collection and interpretation of data, and the reporting of the greenhouse performance. This data will form a basis by which Affinor and Britespan will price the Atlantis Greenhouse for commercial sale. Affinor exclusively owns all rights, title and interest in all data collected with respect to the Atlantis Greenhouse.
Affinor will be the exclusive worldwide dealer of the Atlantis Greenhouse. The company may also engage, employ or contract Dealers as Affinor deems necessary and appropriate. Britespan shall direct all sales and marketing calls relating to the Atlantis Greenhouse to Affinor. Affinor retains sole responsibility for sales, marketing and promotion of the Atlantis Greenhouse. Britespan shall cooperate and provide business development resources to Affinor for the purpose of accelerating industry adoption.
Britespan shall be the exclusive worldwide supplier of the Atlantis Greenhouse Structure for a term of ten years, with automatic 2-year renewals thereafter. Affinor shall place orders for the Atlantis Greenhouse at the rates indicated by Britespan through their exclusive British Columbia dealer, Spanmaster Structures Ltd. Affinor shall have the sole right to set the retail price for the Atlantis Greenhouse.
This agreement puts Affinor in a unique position of having complete, turnkey systems for vertical farming technology and processes. The greenhouse design is expected to be competitively priced and quick to build, with special characteristics to accommodate any climate. The Atlantis is a key component of Affinor’s 5-year scaleup and growth plan.
The Atlantis Greenhouse engineering has been completed and is ready to build and sell now. A large section was built and structure testing was completed on site at Britespan. Costing, Installing along with design operations is now complete and has been approved by Affinor Growers Inc. with respect to Britespan. We are working on deals to sell just the Atlantis greenhouse which has been designed by BriteSpan and AFI sold exclusive through AFI.