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How a high-tech farm in Canada is winning in the trade war

2025/6/5
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Eric Highfield: 作为Haven Greens的首席农业官,我主要负责管理温室中复杂的灌溉系统、照明以及各种农业机械的运作。我们每天大约播种和收获560个种植槽,这意味着我们每天能够生产大约5000到6000磅的切好的小叶生菜。在我看来,随着劳动力成本的不断攀升和可用劳动力数量的日益减少,农业自动化是不可避免的趋势。采用自动化技术不仅能降低生产风险,还能提高整体运营效率。 Jay Wilmot: 我之所以创立Haven Greens,是因为我对加拿大市场上销售的绿叶蔬菜的质量非常不满。加拿大超过90%的绿叶蔬菜依赖进口,这些蔬菜通常从美国西海岸或墨西哥长途运输而来,不仅不够新鲜,口感和气味也欠佳,而且价格昂贵。幸运的是,当前的贸易战意外地加速了我们的产品在加拿大市场的普及。由于消费者和零售商越来越倾向于购买本地产品,我们进入市场的速度比预期快了四倍,这确实令人惊讶。 Brad McMullen: 作为Summerhill Market的CEO,我们很高兴能与Haven Greens合作。他们的生菜定价与之前从美国进口的生菜相近,这使得转换供应商变得非常容易。事实证明,这是一个非常成功的举措,我们的顾客非常喜欢Haven Greens的产品。总的来说,这次合作在正确的时机发生,对我们所有人来说都是一个双赢的局面。

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We've been looking at how technology is changing agriculture). Last month, we visited Central California) where there's new investment in everything from electric tractors and leaf sensors to upskilling farmworkers).

Today, Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams visits our neighbor to the north. Specifically, Canada's first fully-automated greenhouse. It's cost millions to set up, and it's just in time for a trade war.