INDOOR FARMS

COMING SOON

Northern Food Security
and a New Way of Indoor Farming

The current mainstream approach to indoor farming in remote communities involves the installation of high-tech hydroponic sea-tainer farms. These farms cost upwards of $200,000, have steep learning curves and are generally limited to growing leafy greens and herbs. As Andrew Spring, Canada Research Chair in Northern Sustainable Food Systems, says, “salad greens are not the answer to food insecurity. What’s needed from a food security standpoint are things that go in a stew”—hearty produce such as root crops and fruiting vegetables.

Repairs to high-tech hydroponic farms are also challenging when parts and technicians need to travel to isolated areas. Additionally, as with all above-ground greenhouses, container farms use significant energy to heat and cool their growing environments. Finally, the synthetic fertilizers used in these farms lack trace elements such as silica, which leads to produce becoming extremely limp after harvest.

SEA TO SKY BOTANICS solves all of these problems with its novel approach to indoor farming.

Benefits of our farms:

• A fraction of the price of hydroponic container farms

• Lower maintenance

• Easy to repair

• Have extremely shallow learning curves

• Geothermally heated for low carbon footprints and reduced energy bills

• Grow root crops, large vining fruit crops and perennial fruits

• Use beneficial microbiology and organic fertilizers. This means healthier plants that rarely get nutrient deficiencies

• The skills learned and technologies used with our indoor farms are entirely transferable to the outdoor environment

Please contact us to learn more and to stay updated on our progress.