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Growing year-round, north of 60

Growing year-round, north of 60

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Sunday, December 26, 2021 5:07 PM GMT

Longtime Yukon resident Lorrina Mitchell has done a lot of research into the perfect type of tomato to grow in the dark winter months inside her home.

She came across a type of micro dwarf seeds that she says will grow about 18 to 24 inches tall, producing cherry-sized tomatoes.

Mitchell says she now has has 19 varieties and about a 20-year supply of seeds.

"There's nothing in the winter that makes you happier than to see something growing if it can produce your own food," she said.

Mitchell is one of many year-round farmers in Canada's territories who are eager to share their success stories.

Her plan is to be able to get the right rotation in place so that she'll have tomatoes growing year-round. She estimates having spent around $500 on her hobby over the past five to seven years on two tabletop gardens, plus another $100 or so on seeds.

"I'm hoping this experiment just leads to the average home gardener being able to grow a few plants through the winter and get the both physical and psychological enjoyment from it," she said.

Growing year round is a growing businesses in the North.

Tarek Bos-Jabbar is the CEO of Cold Acre, a Whitehorse-based company that grows food in shipping containers using hydroponic units, and sells customized units to people as well as larger scale ones for communities in the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Bos-Jabbar expects the business to triple its growing volume this winter, with a focus on leafy greens and herbs.

"We believe that the technology is there now, it's available, we can all grow year round, we can all start being a little more self-reliant and so we're trying to help communities tackle that and become more self-sufficient," he said.

Bos-Jabbar said the recent flooding in British Columbia shows just how brittle the supply chain is, leaving some grocery shelves running out of produce. Whatever his business can grow locally he said, will be better for the environment — and taste better. Plus, on the economic side, he said they're providing jobs and "keeping money in the Yukon."

"We're the end of the line, and so whatever we can produce locally is going to be way better for the environment."

Not everyone agrees.

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