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.

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        10 days ago

        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.

        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).