Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Grow in St. Catharines

St. Catharines has a strong agricultural heritage: we are renowned as the Garden City. Thanks to fertile soils and favourable micro-climates, St. Catharines is an ideal location for growing crops such as grapes, peaches, pears, strawberries and more. A wide range of agricultural sub-sectors have found success in St. Catharines:

• Farms
• Greenhouses
• Wineries, craft beer and distilleries
• Specialty food producers
• Food processors

30 per cent of St. Catharines' total area is designated agricultural.

Food and Beverage

The food and beverage segment offers substantial promise for St. Catharines, especially if well equipped incubation and acceleration spaces are available and if linkages between tourism, culinary, cultural and the creative industries can be fostered.

Specialty and artisanal foods, craft brewing, micro-distilling and hard cider production are taking hold. Post Secondary programs at Brock University and Niagara College are vital assets in growing these niche markets.