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August 20, 2019 |
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Recruiters who help secure employment in B.C. for foreign workers have until Oct. 1, 2019, to acquire a licence, giving better protection to workers new to Canada.
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A federal investment of over $1.4 million was announced to help develop alternative approaches to pesticide use for Canadian fruit and vegetable greenhouse growers.
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A fire at Pioneer Flower Farms late Friday night engulfed residential buildings housing migrant workers. Owners say no one was injured, but personal and business effects were lost.
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This professional horticulture reference, which has been in print continuously since 1932, is fully revised and updated in this new edition.
Based on real-life experiences from industry professionals including growers and equipment and greenhouse manufacturers, the presented information covers all aspects of greenhouse equipment—the structures themselves, benches, irrigation, curtains, environmental controls, machination, and the greenhouse as a retail facility.
The most recent developments in greenhouse evolution are discussed, as are the varieties of available greenhouse structures, from freestanding and gutter-connected greenhouses to shade houses and open-roof greenhouses.
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Rooftop greenhouses are a bit of a different beast. There’s also the added difficulty of physically moving the building materials onto the roof. And, as much as they encourage people to give a useful purpose to a previously unused space, they come with a dossier of regulations. Functionally, they’re treated like an entirely new floor of a building.
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According to research conducted by Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, 81 to 91 per cent of surveyed Asian-Canadians wish that flowers from their country of origin would be more easily available in Canada. While for Canadian plant consumers, one of the largest deterrents to purchasing plants is a consumer’s fear of killing them.
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