St. Anthony Basin Resources Inc. (SABRI) got its start as a social enterprise with a focus on the fishery.
The St. Anthony-based organization was involved in not just fishing but in programs and research and development initiatives, but when SABRI's fishing quota was reduced, CEO Christopher Mitchelmore knew they had to develop a good diversification strategy if SABRI was to continue to meet its mandate.
Today, Mitchelmore is confident in saying that SABRI has been able to find success in diversification. It's done so through real estate, with the construction of 26 housing units that were completed in 2023, and by expanding into transportation with SABRI Transit.
Inside a specially purposed 10-foot by 40-foot shipping container on the parking lot of the College of the North Atlantic's St. Anthony campus, SABRI Farms is using hydroponics to grow six varieties of leafy green, nutrient-rich produce.
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