Feds invest in passive solar greenhouse in Whitehorse

Added on 22 February 2023

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Feds invest in passive solar greenhouse in Whitehorse

The two-year project began in 2022. The federal government is providing $99,999 through the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor) to Sarah’s Harvest to help fund a two-year project, which began in spring 2022, to construct a passive solar greenhouse in Whitehorse, Yukon.

The facility, which will be heated entirely by stored energy from the sun, has also received $39,967 under the Canadian Agriculture Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative intended to strengthen the agriculture and agri-food sector. The use of thermal storage is expected to reduce the greenhouse’s operating costs.

The project is funded through CanNor’s Inclusive Diversification and Economic Advancement in the North (IDEANorth) program, which supports economic infrastructure, sector development and capacity building to help Northerners. CanNor’s funding—announced yesterday (i.e. Canada’s Ag Day) by Dan Vandal, federal minister of northern affairs, Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) and CanNor, along with Yukon MP Brendan Hanley—will support greenhouse design, site preparation, material purchases, hiring local contractors and integrating seeding benches and garden beds in the facility.

Photo: Sarah's Harvest founder and owner Sarah Ouellette (right) was named Yukon’s Farmer of the Year in 2019. Photo courtesy Yukon Agricultural Association.

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