Canadian greenhouses keep year-round fresh tomatoes on menus

Canadian greenhouses keep year-round fresh tomatoes on menus

Canadian greenhouses have quietly changed what we eat and when we eat it. Today for lunch, I enjoyed a fresh salad made with lettuce, fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Every one of those vegetables was grown in Canada in April. Twenty or even ten years ago, getting fresh Canadian produce like this at this time of year would have been unlikely. Greenhouse vegetable production has expanded rapidly in Canada over the past two decades. Now, Can…