Automated
Controlled Environment
Agriculture

  • Virgo is an agricultural services company integrating the development of new growing technologies in the marketplace to give consumers worldwide easier access to highly superior quality leafy vegetables and specific types of berries to create a homogeneous production. Our fully controlled indoor growing process follows the best practices of the agri-food industry for a healthy and efficient harvest.  

    Virgo's services include the operations of our own agricultural production facility located in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac. Our services include product development (R&D Team), agronomic support and sales tools associated with the Virgo Solution.

  • Our expertise towards clean and sustainable agro-technology has enabled us to perfect and optimize a fully automated agricultural production process integrated with a building. This system enables us to set up an efficient production cycle that maximizes resource availability while preserving the ecosystems in its occupied habitats.  

    We aspire to become a preferred partner in the local and international agrifood industry by introducing an innovative agricultural technology that will meet the challenges of food self-sufficiency, contribute to the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and provide a long-term solution to the impacts of climate change.

About the
Technology

Virgo Global has optimized and developed a new rotary drum system designed for indoor production of leafy vegetables and specific small fruits. The entire system is automated, enabling faster, consistent production. What's more, it delivers high-quality crop production and greatly reduces water and space usage, as well as the carbon footprint.  

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    Fresh local produce, summer and winter alike!

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    An agro-technological solution servicing the food industry

  • Data-driven system which ensures our food self-sufficiency

  • Improving climate resiliency within the agricultural sector by developing clean, sustainable technologies

Technology &
Advantages

Virgo® offers an integrated modular approach and an automated solution for rotary drum cultivation buildings, making it easy for growers worldwide to scale up their production capacity significantly:

Infrastructures and software that enable climate control management

Optimal "production recipes" for a variety of products

Packaging and quality control of final products

Multiple levels of automation based on artificial intelligence (AI)

  • 6 Times More efficient than greenhouses farming

    61 Times More efficient than field farming

    5 Times Reduction carbon footprint

    95% Less water consumption than field farming


    24/7
    Autonomous production / 365 days per year

    Preservative-free / pesticide-free environment

    Homogeneous / Controlled production

    Equipment lifetime of approximately 25 years

  • SEED COMPANIES

    Fast production cycle

    Possibility of testing several seeds simultaneously on the same machine and adapting growing conditions

    RETAIL OUTLETS

    Increase the proportion of local (Quebec) foods offered

    Simplify the supply chain

    Vertical integration

    AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS

    Demonstrated performance of supplied recipes

    Accelerated deployment phase

    Controlled production environment

    DISTRIBUTORS & WHOLESALERS

    Reduce dependence on international producers

    Reduce distance and simplify supply logistics

    Vertical integration