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Josh Siteman

@theneaptide.com
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Business. All business. I think? ✍️ neaptide.substack.com 💼 @intravision.ca 📍43°19'23"N 79°47'40"W

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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 3h
I assume dynamic pricing will spread. May I also assume consumer apps will come online to inform where the "fair" prices remain?
reuters.com
Inside McDonald’s push to have AI price your Big Mac
McDonald’s is increasingly using artificial intelligence to guide menu prices across the U.S. and some global markets, a plan that aims to boost headquarters’ profit but risks alienating customers and...
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 20h
Two weeks ago SPARK and Tathmeer announced a framework. Today Elevate Farms put numbers on it. 400 tonnes of leafy greens annually. 2,400m². 95% less water than field farming. That's not a press release. That's a project. #CEA #VerticalFarming #FoodSecurity #UAE
theglobeandmail.com
Elevate Farms Partners with Tathmeer Agri Tech at SPARK to Strengthen Food Sovereignty in the UAE
Newsfile Press Release.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 29/09/2026
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
thebeaverton.com
Child's imaginary restaurant acquired, shuttered by private equity
BRANDON, MB - 4-year-old Mikaela Hermer's imaginary restaurant, in which she served invisible hot dogs and ice cream to her parents and friends, has filed for bankruptcy after being acquired by Hedges...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 29/09/2026
Well. How about that. Profit in vertical farming.
betakit.com
After 15 years, GoodLeaf proves there’s profit in vertical farming | BetaKit
Company says all of its farms are turning a profit, amid rising demand and expanded distribution.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 29/09/2026
Biossil just raised $153M to find value in drug candidates that failed — not because the molecule was wrong, but because the trial design was. There's a version of that story in CEA. The science is proven. The commercialization model is what's still catching up. #CEA #FoodSecurity #AgriFoodCA
canadanewsmedia.ca
Toronto's Biossil Hits US$1B Value in OpenAI-Led Round
Toronto biotech Biossil raised US$153 million at a US$1-billion valuation in an OpenAI-led round, and the open question is how much of it lands in Canada.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 22/09/2026
Is vertical farming agriculture, a tech platform, ingredients, or foodservice? Every company that died tried to be the whole list. They raised money like tech, priced like a farm, sold like a brand. The survivors picked one line and meant it. #VerticalFarming #CEA
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 22/09/2026
You can't solar-power a vertical farm with its own panels. The math inverts: lighting a stacked farm needs more land in solar than stacking ever saved. You threw away a free sun to manufacture a worse one. The fix isn't a bigger panel — it's needing fewer manufactured photons. #CEA #Solar
pv-magazine.com
Solar-powered aeroponic system for off-grid vertical farming - pv magazine Global
Researchers in Mexico have developed Totem, an open-source, solar-powered vertical aeroponic system designed for low-cost, off-grid food production. The $719 prototype uses a 50 W PV module and suppor...
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 17/09/2026
MENA's first integrated Agri-Tech Innovation Centre just launched in Sharjah. CEA, hydroponics, vertical farming, AI monitoring — tested under real conditions before commercial deployment. Proud to see our partners at Elevate Farms named as the vertical farming technology partner.
gulfnews.com
New Sharjah centre to test AI, vertical farming for UAE food security
Sharjah launches MENA’s first integrated Agri-Tech centre to test AI, vertical farming and hydroponics, boosting UAE food security and sustainable agriculture.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 15/09/2026
Arlene Dickinson just put $150M behind the argument she's been making all year. Velocity Agri-Capital. $25-50M equity investments. Canadian processors, producers, manufacturers, growers. Food sovereignty isn't just a slogan anymore. It's a term sheet. #FoodSovereignty #CdnAg #CEA #AgriFoodCA
lfpress.com
$1B federal fund aims to help agriculture businesses scale up
The fund was unveiled at Arva Flour Mill, where owner Mark Rinker said it could fill a financing gap for mid-sized producers.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 14/09/2026
"...understanding our past requires us to be honest about both the accomplishments and the failures of those who came before us."
substack.com
Mark Gerretsen (@markgerretsen)
How uncomfortable have we become with the complexity of our own history? Yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney made a brief reference to Sir John A. Macdonald during a speech on Canada's economy. The...
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 13/09/2026
Canada's engineers had a viable hybrid vehicle concept in 1974. The gap between solution and adoption is a political economy problem. I see the same pattern in CEA. The science is proven. The economics are improving. Yet adoption is fighting the same headwinds this memo ran into fifty years ago.
open.substack.com
Canada’s 1974 Hybrid Car Vision
A 50-year-old NRC report reveals an early government push for diesel-electric vehicles to solve the fuel crisis.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 13/09/2026
"I sure wish there were some way that, 20 years ago, more people could have seen, and cared about, what was coming. And today I wish that more people could see, and care about, what’s coming in the next 20 years and beyond." @climatehuman.bsky.social
climatehuman.substack.com
We’re In Deep Shit, But Not Because of El Niño
The real danger is steadily escalating planetary heat. The only way forward is to end billionaires.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 13/09/2026
Not sure what to do with this information. Invest? No. Roll my eyes at yet another bubble scheme? A little bit. Yeah. Regardless of what I do, powerful take by this guy and worth the minute or two to listen.
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Justin Deschamps (@justindeschamps)
I haven’t heard this take before about data centers. It’s spot on.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 13/09/2026
This was a good find this morning. "Nature's Last Dance" sounds like a very interesting read. I think I'll check it out. #environment #goodbooks
substack.com
Natalie Kyriacou OAM (@nataliekyriacou)
My speech, “How will history judge us?”, based on my book, Nature’s Last Dance. Full speech is on my Substack.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 11/09/2026
At this point in my social media tragetory there is very little chance I will start a trend by posting this.
open.substack.com
Good news arrived with a ribbon, not a rally.
A $160M cancer-drug factory just opened in Hamilton. Nobody trended it. Here's why that's actually the point.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The trade war with Canada makes no economic sense. And most Americans agree. Polling shows they see Canadians as close allies, oppose the tariffs against them, and are actually cheering on Canadian retaliation. youtu.be/h8Fvnl0l7_8
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
How uncomfortable have we become with the complexity of our own history?
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International Food Policy Research Institute @ifpri.org · 10/09/2026
🔔 VIRTUAL #IFPRIPolicySeminar TODAY at 9:30 AM EDT! 🔔 📌 “Global Agrifood Systems Outlook to 2050: Informing Decisions for an Uncertain Future” 📺 Watch online: 🎟️ bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture 🤝 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-FB 💼 bit.ly/AgrifoodFuture-LI ▶️ bit.ly/ifpriYT @cgiar.org
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The NFL kicks off tonight with the Seahawks taking on the Patriots. The Seahawks just became the latest team to take on private equity investment. But private equity isn't just sinking its teeth into the NFL — it's investing in other sports leagues and countless other industries. Be warned.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 10/09/2026
"Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow." @intravision.ca let's go.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 10/09/2026
Oh wow. Well done sir.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 09/09/2026
Alberta separatists dropped a 214-page independence plan. The cost? "Coming closer to the referendum." So: a framework of a deal, big number withheld, invoice to follow. We've seen this format. A plan for a plan is not a plan, it's just a vibe. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Alberta independence plan unveiled as report warns of $200B+ cost
Alberta separatists have unveiled a 214-page blueprint for life after Canada — but a new analysis warns independence could leave the province facing a staggering $200-billion-plus bill.
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Pam Marrone, PhD @pammarrone.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/why-sa... #foodsafety @wired.com We need Make America's Food Safe Again (MAFSA)
wired.com
From Salmonella Eggs to Diarrhea Lettuce, Why This Has Been a Sick Hot American Summer
While Trump administration cuts have contributed to the epidemic of foodborne illnesses this summer, there are also deeper issues that make the American food supply chain susceptible to parasites and ...
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 02/09/2026
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GinaInTheBurg ❌👑🇺🇦🌊 @ginaintheburg.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing Here’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August. newrepublic.com/post/214946/... #Food #FoodSafety
newrepublic.com
You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing
Here’s a list of every food item that faced a recall in August.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 02/09/2026
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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 02/09/2026
“The question isn’t whether urban agriculture works—it does,” says Miguel Altieri, professor emeritus of agroecology at UC Berkeley. "The real work ahead is organizing our communities." Read more from our series, Farming 250. ⬇️
civileats.com
How Urban Farming in America Has Grown
Farms within cities and towns have always been a key source of food security in the United States. How will they evolve?
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 01/09/2026
Canada feeds the world. We just don't process much of it. Building that capacity isn't a policy announcement. It's a 20-year project. That's a timeline worth talking about. #FoodSovereignty #CdnAg #AgriFoodCA
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 01/09/2026
Canada grows some of the world's best oats. The US mills them, packages them, and sells them back to us as breakfast cereal. We supplied the ingredient. They captured the value. Food sovereignty isn't about growing more. It's about controlling what happens next. #FoodSovereignty #CdnAg #AgriFoodCA
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 31/08/2026
It is almost over?
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 30/08/2026
Helen Freeman and Jake Fiennes put it plainly: the choice was never farming or nature. It was always resilience or collapse. "The future of food security ultimately depends on functioning natural systems." Hard to argue with that. #FoodSovereignty #RegenerativeAgriculture #AgriFoodCA
memypigsandi.com
The Choice Isn’t Farming Or Nature, It’s Resilience Or Collapse
Jake Fiennes on restorative farming, how soil works, and why blaming farmers won’t get us there.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 30/08/2026
We are in a pandemic of food ignorance. Did you know? It costs 12kg of topsoil, 950L of water, 1.6L of fuel, 1g of pesticide and 4.9kg of carbon to feed one person for one day. 4.75 billion urban people have no idea. #FoodSovereignty #FoodSecurity #CEA
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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Wake up, babe. The Prime Minister just dropped “hydronym”.
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. 

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 25/08/2026
The wall between provinces is thicker than the US border. Because every province built its liquor board as its own tollbooth and nobody wanted a bypass around their own markup. We spent a century running a quiet trade war against ourselves. It took a real one from outside to make us notice.
thewalrusca.substack.com
Canadians May Soon Be Able to Buy Out-of-Province Booze More Directly
Facing another round of US tariffs, governments are looking to shore up sales where they can
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 25/08/2026
Wildlife stores carbon at climate-relevant scale. True. Policy worthy. But "account for animals" hides a fork. A forest you can title and trade. An animal holds no title or jurisdiction. So. Do they enter law as subjects, or as assets? Opposite statutes. #ClimatePolicy #RightsofNature @mongabay.com
mongabay1.substack.com
Wildlife helps regulate the climate & this belongs in policy discussions
Commentary by Jérôme Pinti
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🏃‍♂️The Runner🏃‍♂️ @therunnner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Canada Strong 💪💪💪💪💪
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 24/08/2026
3 ways to improve Canada’s wildfire advisory capacity
theconversation.com
3 ways to improve Canada’s wildfire advisory capacity
Producers often turn to online peer networks and experts when something goes wrong. However, online misinformation is drowning out the legitimate advice.
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 24/08/2026
Julian Cribb calls it a "pandemic of food ignorance." It now costs 12kg of topsoil, 950L of water, 1.6L of fuel, 1g of pesticide and 4.9kg of carbon to feed one person for one day. 4.75 billion urban people have no idea. #FoodSovereignty #FoodSecurity #CEA
cribb.substack.com
Hunger: the Second Horseman cuts loose
An update on the emerging global food crisis
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 23/08/2026
Buried in Carney's statement today: a Canadian Investment Summit in three weeks. The world's largest investors. Collectively managing over $100 trillion in assets. If you're building food security infrastructure in Canada right now, that's a room worth being in the conversation of.
thewalrus.ca
Mark Carney: Why I Rejected Trump’s Trade Deal | The Walrus
The prime minister on saying no to Washington and how Canada plans to withstand the fallout
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 23/08/2026
Carney just noted that US trade agreements are sometimes "written in pencil." As far as diplomatic understatements go, that one's going to leave a mark. #CdnPoli #TradeWar #Canada
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 11/08/2026
Canada committed $750M to controlled environment agriculture in June. It's the largest sectoral line in the food security strategy and the only one with no department, no application window, and no start year attached to it. That gap is the interesting part. Wrote about why:
neaptide.substack.com
The $750 Million Has No Address Yet
What the CEA Growth Pathway's design tells operators about what to buy.
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Major news: I am getting attacked relentless from MAGA from my reporting, but I am working on some big deep dive stories right now on Epstein, service members, and more. Can you share this and subscribe to my YouTube to help me get to 800k subscriber? www.youtube.com/@aaronparnas1
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Josh Siteman @theneaptide.com · 20/08/2026
Mental note.
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Canadian Returnee @canadianreturnee.substack.com · 20/08/2026
No, Canadians Aren't Mad at You Personally Explaining why Trump-era politics strained relations with the U.S., but sane Americans were never the target of our frustration. theamericanrefugee.substack.com/p/no-canadia...
No, Canadians Aren't Mad at You Personally Explaining why Trump-era politics strained relations with the U.S., but sane Americans were never the target of our frustration.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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