Thank you, Chair.
I appreciate all the witnesses for being here.
I'm remote. I'm in Kitchener—Conestoga right now, which is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Haudenosaunee and Neutral people. While I have a chance to talk to you, Chief Louis, I hope I can expand on what you were saying.
You were talking about the price of healthy foods and how it's actually much higher in first nations communities than in the rest of Canada. You talked about food transportation costs, climate change compounding the issues the further north you get, and the higher rates of poverty and unemployment making it even harder to eat healthy food. You talked about the costs and the challenges that would lead to more food insecurity and then diet-related health issues.
We are hearing some stories of innovative ways.... We're trying to figure out a way to help locally, as opposed to bringing food in. There are some success stories of innovative ways to grow vegetables year round even if temperatures are below freezing.
Do you have any instances of indigenous communities partnering with organizations or companies to develop things like hydroponic container gardens, greenhouses or vertical farming?