Winter has been banished in Sunterra's high-tech GH

Bright ideas and Ray Price go together like fruit and a greenhouse.

As the president of Sunterra Group, which has an eight-store grocery chain (six locations in Calgary, one in Red Deer and one in Edmonton), Price is constantly seeking new ways to offer high-quality products to consumers. His latest venture is a 20-acre greenhouse immediately north of the town of Acme and a stone's throw from his family farm.

Construction of the $42-million facility began in early 2021 and the first crop was planted late the same year, despite supply chain disruptions. With 2.5 acres of strawberries and another 17.5 acres of tomatoes — beefsteak, on the vine and grape — the facility has already produced its first crops of fruit for eager consumers.

The greenhouse produces 35,000 pounds of strawberries and more than one million pounds of tomatoes every month, virtually year round. (They take a two-month break annually to clean out the greenhouse.)

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Source: Alberta Farmer Express