Canada's first fully automated greenhouse | CityNews
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Imagine this - high quality, locally-grown leafy greens - without pesticides - ALL year round, AND grown on a large scale. Our Audra Brown travels to King City, Ontario to peek into Canada’s first fully automated, hands-free greenhouse.
This definitely one of the most exciting developments pushing Canada further toward food independence.
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This definitely one of the most exciting developments pushing Canada further toward food independence.
Doesnt Canada export a huge amount of food?
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Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months. these automated greenhouses could reduce our reliance on imported leafy greens which often travel thousands of kilometers to reach us.
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Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months. these automated greenhouses could reduce our reliance on imported leafy greens which often travel thousands of kilometers to reach us.
It’s great because American lettuce is frequently recalled because of e.coli contamination from poor agricultural practices.
Safe domestic food production year round. I’ll never buy American again.
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Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months. these automated greenhouses could reduce our reliance on imported leafy greens which often travel thousands of kilometers to reach us.
Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months.
Exactly.
We export what we are able to grow at a large scale, and we import what we can’t grow (or what we can only grow seasonally and doesn’t store well).
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Imagine this - high quality, locally-grown leafy greens - without pesticides - ALL year round, AND grown on a large scale. Our Audra Brown travels to King City, Ontario to peek into Canada’s first fully automated, hands-free greenhouse.
Pretty cool until I saw the packaging. I refuse to buy produce entombed in a plastic bubble.
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Pretty cool until I saw the packaging. I refuse to buy produce entombed in a plastic bubble.
I’m asking, I’m really unsure. How do you avoid plastic for produce? The only way I can come close is making my own.
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Imagine this - high quality, locally-grown leafy greens - without pesticides - ALL year round, AND grown on a large scale. Our Audra Brown travels to King City, Ontario to peek into Canada’s first fully automated, hands-free greenhouse.
It’s unfortunate that they didn’t cover the price question. Is the resulting product comparable in price gram for gram, or are you expected to pay a premium for something grown without human labour closer to home?
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It’s unfortunate that they didn’t cover the price question. Is the resulting product comparable in price gram for gram, or are you expected to pay a premium for something grown without human labour closer to home?
Well, it’s currently in stores, so i do imagine it must be competitively priced
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I’m asking, I’m really unsure. How do you avoid plastic for produce? The only way I can come close is making my own.
A head of lettuce (rather than this chopped lettuce version) is fairly self contained
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Imagine this - high quality, locally-grown leafy greens - without pesticides - ALL year round, AND grown on a large scale. Our Audra Brown travels to King City, Ontario to peek into Canada’s first fully automated, hands-free greenhouse.
Please, just make the produce affordable. Automation is supposed to drive down costs, not give them an excuse to sell $8 lettuce.
