Reading Time: 3 minutes Cutting-edge Dutch greenhouse technology is helping a Lacombe vegetable producer tame Old Man Winter through more efficient use of heat, air and light. Joe Doef is spending $7.5 million to both expand his greenhouse space to eleven acres from five and make it more efficient. The technology being employed at Doef Greenhouses could soon become […] Read more
Greenhouse Tech
One Man’s Waste Is Another Man’s Industrial Feedstock
Reading Time: 3 minutes Before the advent of the silicon-based computer chip, some would say that California’s massive Silicon Valley development was nothing more than a village with a well. Like the early promoters of Silicon Valley, the town of Drayton Valley is hoping to profit by anticipating the next big economic wave – the bioeconomy. Local officials hope […] Read more
Second generation steps up to manage Alberta Winery
Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re looking for something to complement your Alberta steak, how about an Alberta wine? That’s now possible thanks to en Santé Winery near Brosseau, Alberta’s only certified organic cottage winery and commercial producer of fruit wines. Owned by the Chrapko family, the winery distributes its seven wines and mead under the “Forbidden Fruit” label […] Read more
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