SAINT-FÉLICIEN, QUEBEC, CANADA - Toundra Greenhouse management, accompanied by the Premier of Quebec and several officials and partners, officially inaugurated the greenhouse complex that will become the largest in Quebec.
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Toundra Greenhouse is a cucumber-growing complex and four-phase project, which, upon completion, will have absorbed an investment of $100 million and created over 500 jobs. In phase 1, annual production will reach over 45 million Lebanese and English cucumbers.
"For us, creating Toundra Greenhouse is an extraordinary accomplishment," said Toundra CEO Éric Dubé. "It will create jobs, diversify our local economy, and bring innovation in the form of technology and energy efficiency."
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