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WINTER 2024
VERMILLION GROWERS:
YEAR-ROUND FRESHNESS
Picture it: you're enjoying a BLT
for lunch, safe and warm indoors on
a blustery -30 C January day. Would
you ever think the plump, juicy to-
matoes in your sandwich were grown
right here in Manitoba — and picked
off the vine just days earlier?
Located in Dauphin, Vermillion
Growers is Manitoba's largest
commercial vegetable production
greenhouse, spanning 12 acres with
a mission to make a difference by
growing food, growing people and
growing community.
Since the juicy tomatoes are grown
in a greenhouse, they're available
to consumers all year round — yes,
even in the middle of winter! The
company's Dauphin location means
they can easily ship tomatoes by
road. This year, 20 per cent of its
product was shipped to the U.S.
The company celebrated its grand
opening in July 2023. In its first year,
Vermillion Growers produced 2.2 mil-
lion kilograms of fresh tomatoes at
the state-of-the-art operation — and
that number is set to double next
season.
Sustainability is also top of mind,
since the company collects 50 per
cent of the water needed for irriga-
tion from its roof system via rainwa-
ter and snowmelt.
MADE IN MANITOBA CONT.
Located in Dauphin,
Vermillion Growers is Manitoba's
largest commercial vegetable
production greenhouse, spanning
12 acres with a mission to make
a difference by growing food,
growing people and growing
community.
