CAN (BC): Veggie Days tour dispels greenhouse myths

So, you have passed by your neighbourhood vegetable greenhouse many times and wondered what is going on behind the screened or whitewashed walls. You missed your chance to experience and learn during the B.C. Greenhouse Veggie Days farm tour in June of 2017 hosted by Ray and Ron VanMarrewyk at Westcoast Vegetables, right in your own back yard. But ... mark your calendars to watch the local news media for your opportunity to visit Westcoast Vegetables when they host another farm tour in June of 2018.

June 2018 will be here before you know it, watch the local news media for the opportunity to celebrate BC Greenhouse Veggie Days by joining the VanMarrewyks when they host the 2018 local farm tour. You will see for yourself the production systems, heat, CO2 and irrigation.

You will see samples of pests and beneficial insects and best of all you will sample the bounty of the vegetables produced in greenhouses. On hand will be a chef from the Agriculture in the Classroom program demonstrating how easy it is to prepare these local greenhouse vegetables. And you will be able to answer the question of what goes on behind those screened and whitewashed walls.

Delta's warm climate and cooling ocean breezes make it an ideal location for greenhouse vegetable growing. Over half of the 800 acres of the province's greenhouse vegetable production is located in Delta, BC vegetable greenhouses produce more than 100,000 tonnes of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, lettuce and eggplants each year with a farm gate value of more than $265 million. Approximately 40 per cent of that produce is destined for the local market with the balance being exported mainly to the United States but also various more exotic venues such as Hong Kong and Japan.

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