Presumably based on the different lengths of growing cycles for different plants.
There may be more tomatoes ready for harvest this week, and more kale ready next week.
And customers may request more or less of certain things at different times of the year.
I’m sure they try to match harvest schedule and demand as closely as possible, but plants and customers don’t always operate in a perfectly predictable manner.
To add onto what the other commenter responded with, Lufa doesn’t just provide their own produce from their greenhouses. They also supply local produce and products from all around the region, including going as far as Lac St Jean region and Eastern Ontario for stuff that is made locally. Some is greenhouse, some is seasonal.
Outside of this, it sources citrus from small growers in Florida for example.
ok so its like the farmers market thing. Why do they vary though? I would think a greenhouse could grow anything year around.
Presumably based on the different lengths of growing cycles for different plants.
There may be more tomatoes ready for harvest this week, and more kale ready next week.
And customers may request more or less of certain things at different times of the year.
I’m sure they try to match harvest schedule and demand as closely as possible, but plants and customers don’t always operate in a perfectly predictable manner.
im sorta jelly now as it sounds pretty awsome. I hope the model spreads to toronto and then over to chicago.
To add onto what the other commenter responded with, Lufa doesn’t just provide their own produce from their greenhouses. They also supply local produce and products from all around the region, including going as far as Lac St Jean region and Eastern Ontario for stuff that is made locally. Some is greenhouse, some is seasonal.
Outside of this, it sources citrus from small growers in Florida for example.
ok. thats kinda a downer. I was like wow. they are growing all these neat things in the city.
I think the farm to table aspect is great though, even if they act as an intermediary.
They also have a minimal packaging philosophy. The stuff that comes in the crates is often either in paper bags or not packaged at all. So you get