Due to the cold Canadian climate we rely heavily on imports of fruits and vegetables. This strenuous for the environment across the entire journey of the produce. This starts with vast amount of land needed and heavy water usage especially considering the majority of greens are grown in arid climates such as California and Arizona. The produce then must make a 4000km trip across the continent which can often take over a week during which the produce loses nutritional value and begins to spoil (50% of all produce grown is thrown out). We decided these modern problems needed a modern solution which why we started our own vertical farm to combat these issues.