{"id":9630,"date":"2021-02-26T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=9630"},"modified":"2021-02-25T18:26:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:26:10","slug":"the-future-fix-smart-farms-for-northern-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2021\/02\/26\/the-future-fix-smart-farms-for-northern-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Fix: Smart Farms for Northern Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing<\/em>\u00a0and Evergreen proudly present\u00a0<strong>The Future Fix: Solutions for Communities Across Canada<\/strong>, a special podcast series.<\/p>\n<h3>THIS EPISODE: Smart Farms for Northern Communities<\/h3>\n<p>Food security is a challenge everywhere, but especially for northern communities. The climate can make growing food difficult, and the distance and expense to ship food can mean long waits and exorbitant prices.<\/p>\n<p>In Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcticfocus.org\/about\/\">Arctic Research Foundation<\/a>, in consultation with local elders, has established a farm and research station, built out of two shipping containers, called Naurvik. We speak to Betty Kogvik, one of the local guardians of the farm, and Arctic Research Foundation CEO Adrian Schimnowski, who hopes the idea can help different communities, and help us learn about growing in extreme environments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe&#8217;re looking at how to improve building research-type structures, how to utilize green energy, growing systems, and the other type of automated systems that assist with that. So within that there are so many different types of research possibilities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Listen to the podcast for more on the Naurvik farm and research station.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The neighbouring communities of Opaskwayak Cree Nation, the town of The Pas, and the municipality of Kelsey Manitoba joined together to establish an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gc.ca\/cities-villes\/videos\/opaskwayak-eng.html\">LED Smart Farm<\/a> to provide the people of that area with fresh produce they might not otherwise have access to. Glen Ross, executive director of Opaskwayak Cree Nation Health Authority explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t get get very good vegetables&#8230; by the time we get them, they&#8217;re usually frozen a few times, kind of rubbery, and expensive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Listen to the podcast for more about LED smart farm technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/993223579&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Future Fix: Smart Farms for Northern Communities\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/the-future-fix-smart-farms-for-northern-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Future Fix: Smart Farms for Northern Communities<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9159\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FCC_Logo_Horiz_Blue-300x141.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FCC_Logo_Horiz_Blue-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FCC_Logo_Horiz_Blue-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FCC_Logo_Horiz_Blue-600x283.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FCC_Logo_Horiz_Blue.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Future Fix is a partnership between\u00a0<em>Spacing<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<span lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evergreen.ca\/blog\/entry\/evergreen-cityworks-building-sustainable-cities-for-the-urban-century\/\">Evergreen<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the Community Solutions Network: a program of\u00a0<span lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/futurecitiescanada.ca\/\">Future Cities Canada<\/a><\/span>. 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