TIL there is a vertical farm company in Pitt Meadows BC: "Scaling New Heights: UP Vertical Farms CEO on Innovation and the Future of Canadian Farming"
TIL there is a vertical farm company in Pitt Meadows BC: "Scaling New Heights: UP Vertical Farms CEO on Innovation and the Future of Canadian Farming"
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Scaling New Heights: UP Vertical Farms CEO on Innovation and the Future of Canadian Farming
I also found this article from 2 months ago, where they were talking about difficulties with getting on Canadian grocery store shelves compared to American ones:
https://globalnews.ca/news/11008005/bc-farmer-canadian-retail-challenges/
Vertical farming, "hot house" farming, rooftop community farms, and other methods can absolutely harden Canada's food security.
We do have a problem with too much of our farmland being used to grow feed for farmed animals, though. We really shouldn't be competing with farm animals... it would be better for everyone if we converted factory farms, and the crop fields that feed those animals, into something that benefits humans.