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WHAT IS AVA TECHNOLOGIES?

AVA Technologies is an agriculture technology business that offers products enabling customers to grow their own fresh, nutritious produce on a micro-scale indoors at home. Their technology monitors plant health to optimize growth and production.

    WHAT DOES AVA TECHNOLOGIES DO?

    AVA Technologies’ primary offering is an indoor plant bed that includes a camera, sensors, LED lights, and a self-watering system to make growing produce at home low-maintenance and easy to do. They also sell seed pods with different flavour profiles that users can insert into the plant bed to start growing and have an app that helps users track the progress of their indoor garden to help them learn more about gardening and at-home food production.


    AVA Technologies can help its users:

    • simplify gardening techniques using developments in technology
    • grow herbs and salad greens from home in a compact counter system
    • save on water and soil required for traditional gardening spaces
    • regularly harvest fresh, nutritious produce from the all-in-one system
    • monitor plant growth and health, ensuring that yields are optimal
    • reduce reliance on store-bought produce, engaging everyone’s inner green thumb
    WHY DOES AVA TECHNOLOGIES DO WHAT THEY DO?

    AVA Technologies aims to help people grow anything, anywhere, proliferating green thumbs in urban and rural settings. They are driven by the desire to shift consumer preferences away from cheap, mass-produced agriculture towards more local, nutritious, and sustainable options. AVA achieves this by offering a suite of products that enable people to start easily growing their own produce at home.

    WHERE IS AVA TECHNOLOGIES?

    AVA Technologies is based in Vancouver, BC.

    AVA TECHNOLOGIES’ CLIENTS

    AVA Technologies is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce business. Their products can be bought through their online store and currently ship to Canada and the US.

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