A man and a woman stand over a table loaded with fresh produce, including corn and a pumpkin.

Alberta farm lives up to corn capital reputation

Adding sweet corn to his crop rotation 20 years ago turned out to be a tasty decision for this vegetable grower

Farm to Table Tour highlighting to consumers where their food comes from features Molnar Farms which grows a large variety of market fruits and vegetables including corn, with Taber being known as the Corn Capital of Canada.




Andy O'Brien, CEO of GoodLeaf Farms. Photo: GoodLeaf Farms

Canadian vertical farm GoodLeaf Farms on track for profitability

Vertical, indoor farms have generated hype and have bee touted for their ability to reduce Canadian reliance on U.S. produce imports, but checking financial boxes has been an issue

Vertical, indoor farms have generated hype and have bee touted for their ability to reduce Canadian reliance on U.S. produce imports, but checking financial boxes has been an issue



A colourful and tightly-packed collection of fruit and vegetables including apples, oranges, turnips, cauliflower and carrots.

Chronic disease solution identified

Scientists from the University of Florida argue that more research funding is needed for fruit and vegetable production

Scientists argue that research spending on fruit and vegetable crops is almost nothing when compared to the amount of money spent on health care research.

Interior image of a high tunnel, similar to a greenhouse, a semi-permanent structure made of metal or plastic hoops covered with plastic designed to extend the growing season.

High tunnels extend vegetable growing season

Research finds that this alternative to building a greenhouse can add weeks of growing time and improve profits for growers

Popular in produce-growing areas of the northern United States such as Minnesota, high tunnels are slowly making their way onto Manitoba fruit and vegetable operations.



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Expanding greenhouse sector means more home-grown veggies

Plenty of room to expand in controlled environment agriculture, but investment needed says FCC

Canada continues to rely heavily in imported fruits and vegetables, especially during its long winters but different types of controlled environment agriculture like greenhouses are expanding and changing the balance says Farm Credit Canada.

Greenhouse sales hit $2.7 billion in Canada

Greenhouse sales hit $2.7 billion in Canada

Farmgate sales of fruit and vegetables — mainly tomatoes, bells peppers and cucumbers — more than doubled in a decade

Almost all of the fruit and vegetables grown in greenhouses in Canada are tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers.