Please, just make the produce affordable. Automation is supposed to drive down costs, not give them an excuse to sell $8 lettuce.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2025
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It's unfortunate that they didn't cover the price question. Is the resulting product comparable in price gram for gram, or are you expected to pay a premium for something grown without human labour closer to home?
Well, it's currently in stores, so i do imagine it must be competitively priced
Pretty cool until I saw the packaging. I refuse to buy produce entombed in a plastic bubble.
I'm asking, I'm really unsure. How do you avoid plastic for produce? The only way I can come close is making my own.
A head of lettuce (rather than this chopped lettuce version) is fairly self contained
This definitely one of the most exciting developments pushing Canada further toward food independence.
Doesnt Canada export a huge amount of food?
Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months. these automated greenhouses could reduce our reliance on imported leafy greens which often travel thousands of kilometers to reach us.
It's great because American lettuce is frequently recalled because of e.coli contamination from poor agricultural practices.
Safe domestic food production year round. I'll never buy American again.
Canada is actually the 5th largest food exporter globally, but we still import tons of produce especially during winter months.
Exactly.
We export what we are able to grow at a large scale, and we import what we can't grow (or what we can only grow seasonally and doesn't store well).
Very cool!