1 . Vegetables have a short growing season in Saskatchewan, unless the farm is indoors in a controlled climate. A very unique farm Let-Us Grow Hydroponics in Hudson Bay is growing fresh, pesticide-free produce all-year-long on a hydroponic farm (the plants are grown in water and not soil) and housed in an originated school building.
But that’s not the only thing that makes it one-of-a-kind. You can make purchases directly from a drive-through window without ever leaving your car. Every Thursday, there is a line of cars waiting to purchase these fresh, just picked vegetables from the farm. The farm is the brainchild of June and Jan Nel and was started in 2019.
“I think when my husband first said ‘let’s grow lettuce (生菜) inside an old school building,’ I did not really think that it would become what it has,” June Nel said.
Produce is available in local supermarkets but it is trucked in from far away. The Nels are changing the face of veggies for people of this town.
The idea to change the no longer used Stewart Hawke school came to the Nels when Hudson Bay asked for bids for the building in 2018. The family worked together to prepare the building in January 2019 and they planted the first seeds in just one classroom the next month.
They set up their company. And it has grown and is now using several rooms thanks to the quality of the produce and the fact that it is local. “It’s not two weeks old; it hasn’t traveled across the country or across the world,” June said. “It actually tastes like lettuce. Lots of people have commented on our vegetables, it actually still tastes fresh when you get it.”
Now, Let-Us Grow Hydroponics offers delivery, pick-up and drive-through options for the local community and the Nels hope to expand their operation. Who imagined that an unused school building could be repurposed from growing young minds to growing food?
1. Where is Let-Us Grow Hydroponics located?| A．In the suburb of Saskatchewan. | B．On a hydroponic farm. |
| C．In an old school building. | D．In a company of Hudson Bay. |
| A．Growing fresh vegetables in four seasons. |
| B．Producing varied vegetables of high quality. |
| C．Growing all plants in water instead of soil. |
| D．Allowing customers to pick the vegetables. |
| A．Generous and considerate. | B．Creative and ambitious. |
| C．Kind and hard-working. | D．Determined and talented. |
| A．A hydroponic farm offers all kinds of vegetables in Saskatchewan. |
| B．A vegetable farm in a school building is popular among local people. |
| C．The Nels brought the no longer used Stewart Hawke school back to life. |
| D．A Canadian hydroponic farm has a drive-through for fresh vegetables. |
