Not only is it possible to grow food all year long, but it's being done inside a Mount Pearl office building.

Green Farm N.L. runs a food growing operation that produces leafy greens, herbs and microgreens, no matter the season, from a home base in the Donovans industrial park. 

"We're doing this in about 2,000 square feet of retrofitted office space," said founder Scott Neary. 

Hydroponics — the method of growing plants in water rather than soil — has been Neary's solution to the lack of fresh greens in the province for most of the year.

The company serves around 250 households and dozens of restaurants in St. John's and the surrounding areas by delivery and subscription service.

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There are examples of innovations in the space. British Columbia-based QuantoTech Solutions, a vertically integrated ag-tech company, has developed a growing system that features 8 by 12 feet sheds with shelving units to allow for vertical farming, producing 4.8 between 7.2 tonnes of food per year, including leafy greens, strawberries, and cherry tomatoes.