Concordia University · Innovation Lab · Montréal
Technology that listens to the land
Mission
AgriPulse is an open-source initiative based at Concordia University's Innovation Lab, focused on developing new technologies and systems to support regenerative agriculture. We design and deploy smart IoT and tech solutions for regenerative agriculture. From water level sensors to farm monitoring systems, we help farmers restore soil health and work smarter.
Media
Fall 2024 Concordia 4TH Space
Winter 2025 Concordia 4TH Space
Fall 2025 Concordia 4TH Space
Winter 2026 Concordia 4TH Space
Work
001
Remote Water Level Monitor
Distributed capacitive sensors at variable soil depths, transmitting volumetric water content and temperature via LoRaWAN to a unified dashboard. Deployed across three farms in Montérégie.
IoT · LoRaWAN
002
Thermographic Livestock Tracking
Ultrasonic and pressure-based systems for irrigation pond and tile drain monitoring. Real-time alerts for drought stress and overflow conditions, with a 7-day predictive model.
Sensing · Hydrology
003
Greenhouse Systems
Open-source middleware that bridges raw sensor streams with farmOS, Grafana, and custom mobile dashboards. Fully self-hostable with no vendor lock-in.
Software · Open Source
Approach
01
Completely Open-Source
Every schematic, dataset, and line of code we produce is public. Regenerative agriculture cannot scale behind paywalls. Knowledge hoarding is antithetical to soil health.
02
Farmers First
We design with farmers, not for them. Every prototype is tested in real conditions — mud, frost, unreliable connectivity — before it earns a place in our toolkit.
03
Aligned with Nature
Our sensors are ears, not controllers. The soil’s microbiome makes the decisions. We build instruments that amplify nature’s signals, not tools that override them.
04
Long-Horizon Thinking
Soil health operates on decades-long cycles. We design systems built to last, maintained by communities, and measured against outcomes that take years to appear.
Contributors
Team Lead
Parsa Fard
Lab Member
Sofia Marchetti
Lab Member
Julien Tremblay
Lab member
Yuna Park
partner
Rafael Costa
Layla Osman
Research Assoc.
Theo Arsenault
UX / Field
Mei-Lin Chen
agripulse@concordia.ca
GitHub
github.com/agripulse
Location
Concordia University Innovation Lab, Montréal, QC
Collaborate
We welcome farmers, engineers, and researchers