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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.

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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This definitely one of the most exciting developments pushing Canada further toward food independence.

[–] teppa@piefed.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Doesnt Canada export a huge amount of food?

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pretty cool until I saw the packaging. I refuse to buy produce entombed in a plastic bubble.

[–] Mjpasta710@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

A head of lettuce (rather than this chopped lettuce version) is fairly self contained

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Please, just make the produce affordable. Automation is supposed to drive down costs, not give them an excuse to sell $8 lettuce.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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?

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, it's currently in stores, so i do imagine it must be competitively priced