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The Inuvik Community Greenhouse is a greenhouse located 2 degrees north of the Arctic Circle. It focuses on promoting community through gardening and producing low cost, fresh vegetables. Everyone has heard of the high cost of food in the Arctic - but how do we counteract this? For the past 3 years, the Inuvik Community Greenhouse has been working with the communities of Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic, Aklavik, Ulukhaktok, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour and Tuktoyaktuk to develop gardening and food production programs that not only provide locally grown food, but also jobs in the communities. Currently, these initiatives are producing hundreds of pounds of food over the summer months - but more can be done.
Partnering with Solvest, the Inuvik Community Greenhouse is raising funds to build a year round commercial greenhouse to provide lower cost vegetables while employing local people to work on taking charge of their own food security. Solvest is currently running ColdAcre, a hydroponic facility, that creates local employment, and produces hundreds of pounds of food on a weekly basis.
This facility will be developed in stages. The first will be a basic model, which will focus on leafy greens, beans, peas, etc. After that, a research and development module will be added to look into using similar technology to work out how to grow potatoes, carrots, onions and other root vegetables year round. All will be solar powered - so that the high costs of energy can be cut, and the environmental footprint lowered.
The total cost of the project is approximately $400,000. While we are working on finding funding, our contribution could be as high as 20%. Your donation, however big or small, helps us continue to grow food; empower northern communities to take on their own issues of food sovereignty and food security; and increase employment opportunities in the north.
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