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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2452" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nunavut-greenhouse-food-space/" target="_blank">Nunavut Greenhouse Could Help Scientists Grow Food in Outer Space - Global Citizen</a>This initiative could also help address hunger and extreme weather conditions in Northern Canada.Canadian scientists are exploring a unique opportunity that might allow them to grow food in outer space thanks to a greenhouse in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.Naurvik — which translates to &quot;growing place&quot; in Inuinnaqtun — is a greenhouse is made up of two sea containers. Launched last fall by the <a href="https://www.arcticfocus.org/" target="_blank">Arctic Research Foundation</a> and <a href="https://www.agr.gc.ca/" target="_blank">Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada</a>, the facility is powered by wind and solar energy and aims to combat food insecurity — an issue that greatly impacts communities in the North.Nearly 70% of households in Nunavut face moderate to high food insecurity and lack access to healthy and affordable food, according to a <a href="http://www.actioncanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TF-3-Hunger-in-Nunavut-EN.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> from Action Canada. This figure is six times higher than in the rest of Canada, the report also notes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2452, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nunavut-greenhouse-food-space/'][B]Nunavut Greenhouse Could Help Scientists Grow Food in Outer Space - Global Citizen[/B][/URL] [B] This initiative could also help address hunger and extreme weather conditions in Northern Canada.[/B] Canadian scientists are exploring a unique opportunity that might allow them to grow food in outer space thanks to a greenhouse in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. Naurvik — which translates to "growing place" in Inuinnaqtun — is a greenhouse is made up of two sea containers. Launched last fall by the [URL='https://www.arcticfocus.org/']Arctic Research Foundation[/URL] and [URL='https://www.agr.gc.ca/']Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada[/URL], the facility is powered by wind and solar energy and aims to combat food insecurity — an issue that greatly impacts communities in the North. Nearly 70% of households in Nunavut face moderate to high food insecurity and lack access to healthy and affordable food, according to a [URL='http://www.actioncanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/TF-3-Hunger-in-Nunavut-EN.pdf']report[/URL] from Action Canada. This figure is six times higher than in the rest of Canada, the report also notes. [/QUOTE]

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