Agriculture committee  I think you're talking about how we can improve our environmental performance, our carbon footprint, in the greenhouse sector. I think there are future possibilities for doing that. As a grower, my opinion is that the biggest opportunity for improving our environmental performanc

Agriculture committee  I totally agree with you that it's really important to invest continually in research and innovation. I also support the idea of putting more emphasis on organic, because certainly there is a huge overlap of opportunity for commercial growers to apply those technologies. On our

Agriculture committee  It would be if they were able to use the natural gas to run other equipment as well, certainly. Part of this is just to recognize the work that we've already done. That includes the installation of high-efficiency boilers, condensing boilers, and energy curtains in the greenhouse

Agriculture committee  To my knowledge, none of the countries that we compete with have anything like carbon pricing. The countries that we compete with, the United States of America, Mexico, and South American countries, have nothing like carbon pricing.

Agriculture committee  It's important to recognize that greenhouse production is very much a part of agriculture. To produce the greenhouse crops that we grow, we need to burn fossil fuels. We cannot do without that in this food production. We also are impacted significantly in our competitiveness be

Agriculture committee  Canadian producers have a vested interest in sustainable growing practices and environmental stewardship, and growers often invest in programs and new technology that help to mitigate these risks. For example, greenhouse growers have developed innovative ways to recycle the carbo