The demand for sustainable and locally grown leafy greens drives the launch of automated greenhouse operations in Canada. | PR Newswire [Video]

Sustainability, reliability, and local production are key motivators for recent investments in the greenhouse-grown leafy greens production in Canada. Efficient and automated operations are launching in several locations and are bound to reshape the Canadian lettuce industry.

JUPITER, Fla., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The CEA production in Canada has been on a steady rise over the last decades, having turned parts of Ontario into a “CEA powerhouse” within North America, easily outpacing US production not just per capita but even in absolute terms. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers have long represented the bulk of Greenhouse-grown produce, with berries added to the mix in recent years*. The CEA production of leafy greens, on the other hand, has been lagging in Canada, with most large-scale lettuce greenhouse investments in recent years having been made in the USA. Now, this segment is finally bustling with activity in Canadaas well. With several …