Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the stipulations is that in larger centres like Yellowknife, you have to have a minimum of three acres of land that you are using to plant food and that type of stuff in. It is pretty hard to find three solid acres around Yellowknife here. In Europe, where land is hard to come by, there are many successful market gardens which sustain a full-time market gardener on less than one hectare. The community market garden here in town is 50 feet by 300 feet, set up to feed 48 people minimally, and three acres is 362 feet by 362 feet, which is roughly six times as large as that. I wonder if the Minister could also possibly reconsider this qualification that there has to be a minimum of three acres. Thank you.
Roy Erasmus on Question 254-13(7): Community Market Garden Development Program
In the Legislative Assembly on July 29th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 254-13(7): Community Market Garden Development Program
Question 254-13(7): Community Market Garden Development Program
Item 6: Oral Questions
July 28th, 1999
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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