Lorelei Graham spoke at the Scaling Phase Commercialization Workshop hosted by the Weston Family Foundation as part of its Homegrown Innovation Challenge. She delivered a session on building a defensible intellectual property strategy for agri-food innovators, focusing on protecting core technology, aligning IP strategy with commercialization goals, and avoiding common pitfalls as companies scale from research to market. The workshop brought together agtech founders, researchers, investors and industry stakeholders advancing Canadian food and agriculture innovation.