In many northern communities, aside from locally caught fish and game, fresh food has to be flown in at great expense. "The goal is to reduce the cost of fresh food," he said. Canning founded a group called Growing North, which worked with the community in Naujaat, Nunavut, to build the greenhouse. "As a kid growing up, I thought everybody had access to fresh food. It's especially difficult for parents to justify the cost when children in the North, like children everywhere, often aren't interested in eating their greens.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2016 09:00 UTC