This morning, Vermillion Growers and Dauphin signed the agreement to build a new greenhouse.
Mayor Dowhan says this will create jobs and grow the population,
“It’s difficult in rural Manitoba, not only to grow your population but to sustain it. This is a great industry for Dauphin, it’ll bring people in, not only to Dauphin but the region.”
Mark Kohan, CFO for Vermillion Growers, is excited about this project,
“We’re providing growth in the community, a healthy product, and also a healthy environment. We’re very excited to get to use the latest technologies to begin the construction process and get our facility up and running.”
Maria Deschauer, managing director for Vermillion Growers, says the greenhouse will change the agricultural landscape of Manitoba because of how technologically advanced it is.
Deschauer adds, that this will help offset the number of imported tomatoes.
“Canadians import about 90% of the table tomatoes that we consume, so Vermillion Growers will be offsetting that directly, with production right here in Dauphin."
The next task for Vermillion Growers is permitting and then sometime in the spring, construction will begin with the goal of completion around October or November this year.
In the agreement, Vermillion Growers has agreed to pay the full cost of constructing, maintaining, repairing, and operating the greenhouse.
