Can machine-grown lettuce help cut Canada's reliance on U.S. greens? This farmer is betting on it (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 days ago

We should absolutely move as much as we can into greenhouse production. We already do this with hot house tomatoes. And it's easy to transition into other different forms of produce, especially greens.

It saves on land, it cuts the use of pesticides and fertilizers, it reduces the chance of foodborne illness, and maintains secure food production throughout every season. It's quite literally a no-brainer, we just have to invest.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago

We should also promote yard gardening. Some citites try to restrict citizens from planting veg. We had a townhome with less that 10 x10 area. We planted lots of herbs, greens, tomatoes and carrots. It meant we very rarely had to go get those items during the summer and fall. It does not have to be an all or nothing solution for sustaining food supply

[-] 7empest@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago

Some citites try to restrict citizens from planting veg.

How do they justiify this bollocks???

[-] Sillyglow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It attracts bears and this is dangerous to both bears and humans. Bears get killed just for foraging. It’s not even political so it’s weird how it even went there. You live in Canada. There are bears here.

[-] 7empest@beehaw.org 1 points 12 hours ago

Thats good to know, there are region specific reasons which make sense. Where I used to live, they banned it in urban settings thanks to pressure from seed companies who were pissed people were using legacy seeds that could self propogate.