BC greenhouse operators can now apply for carbon tax relief grants for the 2020 production year, until May 1, 2020.
Commercial producers in B.C. who grow vegetables, ornamental flowers and plants, forest seedlings and nursery plants are eligible to apply for the grant if they:
- had sales exceeding $20,000 in 2019;
- used natural gas or propane to heat their greenhouses or produce carbon dioxide; and
- had a production area greater than 455 square metres.
The grant covers up to 80% of the carbon tax that commercial greenhouse growers of eligible crops paid on the natural gas and propane they used for greenhouse heating and carbon-dioxide production in 2019.
Fuel burnt for other purposes, such as heating residential, office, packing or processing area, or non-eligible crop production area, vehicles, forklifts or to produce electricity in a CHP engine – is ineligible.
Cannabis is not an eligible crop at any phase of production.
Application information and eligibility criteria are available here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/agriculture-seafood/programs/greenhouse-carbon-tax-relief-grant
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