Our Build Continues Despite Covid 19 Challenges
August 31, 2020
Over the past months, we have all been inundated with COVID-19 related material. From protocols on social distancing, to the number of cases since we first heard about coronavirus, nothing has affected us as a society this year as much as COVID-19 has. Obviously, Vermillion Growe…
Working Together with the Province of Manitoba
July 23, 2020
On Friday, June 26, Vermillion Growers was proud to host members of our provincial and municipal levels of government as the Province of Manitoba officially announced funding of up to $4.2 million, through tax-increment financing, to our state-of-the-art greenhouse project in…
Site Tours a Success!
June 21, 2020
One of the joys of progress in any project is sharing the progress with others. Along with showing all of you our status updates in our monthly blog posts, we were thrilled to invite our current investors and other special guests, including members of governmen…
Food Security and Vermillion Growers
May 20, 2020
The May Long Weekend is typically the time in Southern Manitoba when we mark the unofficial beginning of summer. Though the summer solstice is still more than a month away, it’s the May Long when folks tend to flock to open their cabins and cottages, golfers start to hit the links…
Spring at Vermillion Growers
April 19, 2020
It’s April, and the first full month of spring! The mild weather is certainly welcome, as it is a preface to an even more active construction season on our site! Of course, we are presented with some obvious challenges, which we are meeting head-on, and we wanted to share wi…
March Progress Update
March 19, 2020
Every month, we are delighted to share with you information and progress regarding our exciting, state-of-the-art, greenhouse project in Dauphin, Manitoba. This month’s blog entry is bittersweet because our progress on site, which has been fantastic, has been overshadowed b…
Sustainability - Part Two
February 19, 2020
In many of our discussions with investors, partners, and other interested parties, we often mention that when we are up and running we will deliver tomatoes from farm to table in 24 hours. Part of why we hand-picked Dauphin, Manitoba as the site for our state-of-the-art green…
LET THERE BE WALLS
January 28, 2020
Progress Update
Vermillion Growers has reached a milestone in the construction of its commercial greenhouse and would like to acknowledge the work that has gone into the project to date. Horizon Builders has been an integral part of the first phase of construction, taking on t…
Happy Holidays from the Vermillion Growers Build Site!
December 18, 2019
In this blog entry, we are pleased to reveal the design of our warehouse, currently under construction at the site of our state-of-the-art greenhouse. There may be a few tweaks between now and completion, but the above conceptual rendering of the warehouse is the design we…