Gaining your edge
Energy Edge is an initiative of Greenhouse Canada magazine aimed at turning what is a liability for most growers – fluctuating energy costs – into a competitive advantage. With energy accounting for as much as 40 per cent of the operating costs of many greenhouse operations, small and steady improvements on this front can move the needle in a big way on the bottom line. Energy Edge will look at new technologies, innovative projects, case studies of growers finding their own Energy Edge.
You can read about it in each issue of Greenhouse Canada, but we’ve also created this dedicated microsite. Here you can find regular news items on the subject, new technology and products, video, and in-depth archives on the subject.
We’ll also produce a bi-weekly enewsletter to keep you up to speed on what we’re covering. It is free to all Greenhouse Canada digital subscribers. You can sign up for it here.
If you want to add to the conversation, please drop us a line and let us know about your project, technology, services, or concerns at energyedge@annexweb.com.
You can read about it in each issue of Greenhouse Canada, but we’ve also created this dedicated microsite. Here you can find regular news items on the subject, new technology and products, video, and in-depth archives on the subject.
We’ll also produce a bi-weekly enewsletter to keep you up to speed on what we’re covering. It is free to all Greenhouse Canada digital subscribers. You can sign up for it here.
If you want to add to the conversation, please drop us a line and let us know about your project, technology, services, or concerns at energyedge@annexweb.com.
Regional Councils Disappearing
Monday, 23 April 2012-
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As any farmer that has utilized the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) knows, the regional councils that represent each province are vital to the disbursement of funds. The regional councils are called the Agricultural Adaptation Councils (AAC). Each province and territory in Canada has one, allowing for the unique regional needs in each province to be met, rather than by a one-size-fits-all approach out of Ottawa.
As any farmer that has utilized the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program knows, the regional councils that represent each province are vital to the disbursement of funds. The regional councils are called the Agricultural Adaptation Councils. Each province and territory in Canada has one, allowing for the unique regional needs in each province to be met, rather than by a one-size-fits-all approach out of Ottawa. This however is where things are heading. As of March 2014 the current CAAP will no longer exist and in its place will be a new program run out of Ottawa, without the assistance of the regional councils.
While we understand the need to make budget cuts, it is difficult to see how an organization that is run efficiently and meets the needs of its members and customers should be cut out altogether. The impact this cut in funding will have on greenhouses and growers across the country will be seen in just over a year from now. Over the next year, the CAAP will continue to accept new applications for funding, but beyond the fall of 2013, no new applications will be received. If you have been considering or working on applications to CAAP through your local AAC, now is the time to submit it.
Lisa Brodeur is Quality Assurance Supervisor with 360 Energy in Burlington, Ont.
