People in communities across the country enjoy quality food produced through our world-class agriculture industry. The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and the Honourable Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, announced $600,000 in investments for two leading greenhouse businesses in Nova Scotia to position them for accelerated business growth.
Through Nova Scotia’s Agriculture Business Advancer program, two greenhouse operations – den Haan’s Greenhouses Ltd. and Forest Glen Greenhouses Ltd. – will receive $300,000 each to invest in their businesses. With its funding, den Haan’s will be transitioning to year-round vegetable production by installing LED lighting technology. The new lighting is expected to enable the business to increase its total yield by 25 to 30 per cent, meeting the demand for local fresh produce in the winter, while reducing its overall carbon footprint.
Forest Glen is a local producer of spring, fall and Christmas plant material, with contracts with major grocery and home renovation chains to supply their garden centres in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Forest Glen plans a major expansion, adding a new 35,000 square foot gutter-connected greenhouse.
The Agriculture Business Advancer program is supported through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a five-year, $37 million investment in strategic initiatives for Nova Scotian agriculture by the federal and provincial governments.
Source : Government of Canada