Canada: How a high-tech vertical farm in Ontario could help reduce our need for U.S. produce

With indoor farms for leafy greens near Guelph, Montreal, Calgary and Halifax, GoodLeaf CEO Andy O’Brien plans to double output of a product that ‘doesn’t use any pesticides, and it’s safer.’
By Jared Lindzon
Special to the Star
Feb 24, 2025
Excerpt:
One part is there’s a challenge in Canada where we just can’t get fresh produce across our country 365 days a year.
Most of it comes from deep in the U.S., and it takes a long time to get up here.
The reality is we can’t just keep doing what we’re doing; we can’t rely on the climate, there’s too many recalls, we’re losing our agriculture space, we don’t have food security in many pockets of the world, so I do believe this is the future of farming.
The other thing is, I remember the days when we were launching green laundry products that didn’t clean your clothes as well, or the greener garbage bag didn’t hold your garbage.
You want to save the planet, but the product also has to perform.
So, taking that consumer lens, (our product) actually tastes better, has higher nutritional value, and has a longer shelf life, because it’s all done in a controlled environment. That’s when I realized it was a big opportunity.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/canada-how-a-high-tech-vertical-farm-in-ontario-could-help-reduce-our-need-for-u-s-produce/
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