SQFT grow systems Inc

12/04/2024

Very excited to be hosting Philip from AgriTech Properties to Alberta to provide information about their upcoming projects and mission other than provide locally grown food to the market.

If you are in the Calgary area next week and would like to learn how we are converting local unused resources into energy to power our systems.

Philip will be in town holding meetings from Tuesday Dec 10th to the morning of the 13th.

Hope to see you at the information session.

Food & energy security are top priority globally. Join us to learn how we are solving issues by converting waste > energy for growing food.

10/27/2024

We may not be providing victory gardens but we do believe in locally grown nutrient rich food for your community.

Many communities today are looking at ways to be more independent and provide their people with food and energy security.

We have spent over 10 years personally and our support team over 25 years developing waste to energy, atmospheric controlled environments and modular cultivation systems. These are designed with the community in mind form the type of food grown to the energy and heating/cooling created to support other industries or community district heating.

Our goal is to make every community no matter the size free and independent to produce their own food and energy.

How can we support your communities needs?

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10/26/2024

What an amazing week.

It is so refreshing to connect with like minded people who are looking to do what is right for people and the planet, not because of government incentives but because they know it is the best path forward.

This week I had the privilege of talking with municipalities(CEO, CAO Chamber), Provincial MP's, cabinet ministers, CEO of manufacturing, farmers and key community members in two municipalities. All want to effect change differently but all have a focus on efficiency and giving back to the community.

You see when you are well rounded and understand how industry, municipalities and community can work together you have a lot to offer. I have been working with amazing people over the last 10 years to find solutions to solve food and energy security for all communities but with a focus on the smaller underserved locations on the planet. What we have managed to do is bring an impressive group of specialist in their own fields that work together to provide a circular solution for waste management, food production that also supports other industries. We are currently focused on organic waste as our non organic system is still being developed.

Our extremely efficient management of waste biomass, creates heat that is converted into electricity and or heating/cooling to support cultivation, storage, manufacturing, data centres and more depending on the community and business needs.

Gathering perspectives and understanding the true needs of community before presenting solutions builds trust and understanding. It is this that set us apart from others as we do not go in thinking we know the answer, we work with the stakeholders to build a solution that fits them.

Resource management, efficiency and circular economy helps any business or community with food and energy security.

Change does not happen overnight and can be a slow process but if we don't take the first step we will never reach our destination.

Let's talk SQFT Grow Systems Inc

10/12/2024

I have grown many plants using but have yet to try Wakefield Biochar to see how it compares to others. From our indoor plants grown in 100% biochar to our outdoor gardens that have 10-25% blended biochar mixed with soil and compost we would like to be .

09/28/2024

The food system is broken, health is declining and people are more divided than ever.

How does this relate to our missions and goals?

Food system:
We have spent 10 years working with amazing people to develop and refine systems and equipment offerings that help provide locally grown nutrient rich food. We choose to grow in atmospheric controlled buildings to remove the use of cancer causing agents like herbicide, fungicide and pesticides that not only kill our microbiome but also the soils. There are several systems we can put inside the controlled atmosphere room depending on the communities needs. We work with the local community to determine what system or systems they need.

Having atmospherically controlled cold storage directly associated with our indoor food production in regions that grow orchard fruits or as a distribution hub provides immediate control of the produce's aging process helping provide nutrient rich food for longer.

Health:
Providing just in time harvested food to local communities increase the health benefits of the food we consume and intern reduces our dependance on the healthcare system. We monitor for nutrient value and not sugar content.

Growing in a carbon neutral facility that generates it's energy from biomass reduces emissions and pollutants in the air along with the impact of electrical transmission lines.

We produce enough access energy to also power last mile delivery fleets with zero tailpipe emissions further reducing our impact on air quality.

Reusing the water in the cultivation system and filtering to potable water status when discharging reduces water consumption.

Working together:
Our waste (unused resource) to energy system that powers our facility produces a biochar that we can provide to local farmers to add to their soils and help build back soil biodiversity, retain water and nutrients for healthy crops.

We work with local cash crop, orchard and field farmers to capture their biomass and turn it into valuable carbon for the soil. They provide us their waste to produce the energy that grows the food that provides the amendments that make our soil stronger.

We also have partners who can help monitor the soil and farms for carbon credits helping offset the impact of carbon tax on farmers.

We want to bring community together and help reduce the cost of food so everyone can make better choices about their health.

We can come to your community and work with local administration or community leaders to identify the potential for the region. We can provide assessments of the area to ensure it is viable and we have the right resources to make it a success. Our feasibility study includes researching grants and subsidize that can help reduce the out of pocket cost to the owner/community. These projects make for amazing P3 community development helping bring new industry and employment to the region.

We ask for your help to bring communities together improve our health and protect our soils.

Please like and share to help us get more quality foods on our shelves to bring community together and reduce food insecurity.

Every SQFT on this planet matters and so do the people plants and animals, let's work together.

09/27/2024

Our health is declining because our food system is broken.

We are working hard to change that! No pesticides, herbicides or fungicides used in cultivation, storage or processing!

Reach out to learn how you can get a system in your region.

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09/13/2024

Thanks for sharing Terrafibre it is great to see that you are busy on the production side of h**p. We need more farmers to get involved by adding H**p into their rotation helping provide you with additional feedstock.

We are busy on the other end of the process and will be looking for used h**p fibres from animal bedding, chemical absorbents, grow cubes and any product that is traditional disposed of.

So many opportunities with h**p we just need to increase the supply.

A big shoutout and thank you to for sending some excellent h**p straw our way. Just in the nick of time! We are busy creating h**p-based products and shipping them around the world...and we are infinitely grateful to the farmers that keep our machines and people busy! That straw is processed and turned into these products => http://www.terrafibre.ca/shop

09/12/2024

Did you just hear that controlled indoor environment cultivation, cold storage, waste management system can be carbon neutral and generate carbon credits when combined together for efficiency?

We are working with an equipment supplier that has helped perfect our systems with amazing technologies and engineers who understand efficiency. Especially when it comes to the use of heat, energy and atmospheric controls.

Does your community need a cold storage distribution centre, fresh locally grown food and waste management system? We can work with you to ensure the right set up for you and your community.

This is also great for local food-banks and not for profit who would require a food sorting facility that would relocate good produce to human consumption mid grade to animal feed and the rest to energy creation.

07/28/2024

This years high water mark has changed the landscape and ecosystem and I cannot figure out why it is so high this year.

The river/lake we are on is part of a hydroelectric system and is controlled by dames in US and Canada. With many issues regarding energy and water availability why is the level so high this year? We have had reduced snow pack and rain indicating they have slowed the release of the water effectively reducing power generation and irrigation along this system.

Have other power sources come on line to reduce the need for hydro? No

Has crop production reduced in the region? No it has increased.

So why are the water levels so high this year?

07/17/2024

To everyone in our network, please like and share as we prepare for another cross Canada adventure where we will be talking about sustainability, life on the road and much much more.

We will dropping into communities and engaging with business, municipalities and residents to learn more about how people are living and what solutions they are looking for to build a healthier life moving forward.

If you have a job the allows you to work from anywhere why not the road? Learn about Nomad life and how you can build a life you don't need a vacation from.

We appreciate you liking and sharing and look forward to connecting on the road.

07/17/2024

Looking forward to opening up the conversation a little more and starting to include substrate management and applications again.

Two years feels like a lifetime when you are not able to talk about things you are patient about.

07/10/2024

Modular afffordable housing is becoming more and more necessary in today’s housing climate.

With sustainable solutions readily available that can be configured in many different ways it is a wonder we don’t do more modular homes.

Looking for a quick to assemble multi unit building then give us a call to learn more about our solutions.

These can also come with off grid energy to reduce the impact on the community and potential lay provide energy back to the local grid if allowed.

07/03/2024

BC Tree Fruit

As you may already be aware, farmers in the Okanagan region have been featured in the media reporting that a sudden onset winter cold snap has had a detrimental effect on their soft fruit (peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums) crops.

AFMA (Alberta Farmers' Market Association) and our BCAFM colleagues have reached out to the BC Fruit Growers Association and received this statement to share with our membership:

"Following a fairly mild winter in the Okanagan, with temperatures of +10 degrees Celsius, the sudden cold snap in January that reached -25 degrees Celsius was detrimental to many orchards. The Okanagan was also hit with a frost in the Spring, which further killed many of the surviving buds.

Soft fruit (peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums) have been hit the hardest. In most orchards, we’re seeing 90-100% loss consistently across the Okanagan valley. Unfortunately, consumers should expect to see no BC soft fruit this year from the Okanagan region.

The damage to cherries varies from orchard to orchard. Some Okanagan growers are reporting very little damage, many reporting some crop loss, and others total loss - it is a very wide spectrum of damage. Consumers can expect some BC Okanagan cherries this year, especially in certain pockets that were not hit as hard.

It is still early to guess what this year’s crop will look like for apples and pears. However, both apples and pears are hardier than the other tree fruits, and we do expect a crop - with reserved hope for a normal crop.

We hope consumers will make an extra effort to support BC growers when they can this year and next.

This will be a hard year, both for the consumer missing out on BC soft fruit, and especially the growers who still need to tend to their orchards without the returns from selling fruit. Growers need our support now more than ever, so we hope consumers will still look for and choose BC options when available."

Souto Farms Local Market is right on our doorstep weekly, opening day July 4, 3:30 - 7 PM 900 Mountain Ave.

We love them and let's show them the Crossfield love...

*one of our favorite Melissa Souto photos (2017)

07/03/2024

OPENING DAY!

July 4, 3:30 - 7 PM our outdoor season opens!

Our Alberta Approved Farmers Market features 40+ make, bake and grow Alberta vendors.

Find our fabulous Dolores at the Crossfield AG Society tent handing out 'BEET the BILL' cards. The Crossfield AG society is drawing FOUR $250 Farmers Market shopping spree winners in the first two weeks of September!

07/03/2024

06/12/2024

As someone who is very concerned about the planet people and entire ecosystem I have to ask people to stop associating everything that happens on the planet as climate change. Far to often I see people commenting on things and automatically associating with climate change making it harder to reach those who are on the fence and not fully engaged with sustainability.

A water-main break in Calgary was not caused by climate change it was an old line that failed and was not monitored properly.

Climate action, climate change and all things related to climate comments is glazed over because it has become noise to most and to be honest most of the time it is just noise.

The other thing I believe we need to do is be honest about the transition from burning high amounts of fossil fuels to more alternative energy solutions. Notice I did not say to completely stop using fossil fuels. There is a carbon impact to driving an EV, there is a carbon impact to generating any form of energy. We do not have all the answers and are working every day to find new and better solutions. It is okay not to be perfect as technology has not advanced enough to help ensure we are. Oh and don't forget the carbon impact from technology itself including data centres that generate heat and use a lot of energy.

The company of the future will be honest and fully transparent in their actions admitting where they need to improve and continuously working toward a zero waste life style.

My goal has and always will be to continue the pursuit of a zero waste industrial park that utilizes current waste streams to generate energy along with intense heat producing production to create district heating ensuring everything that exits the area is positive to the environment and for the planet. Tie it all together with local food production and zero tailpipe delivery and you have a sustainable solution for almost every community.

These micro parks are extremely challenging to get set up as regulations around energy generation, water management and waste handling are a bureaucratic nightmare. One because of lobbyists and the other is due to government involvement and their revenue dependance on these systems.

It will take time but we will change how things are done today and make it better for the future not because of climate change but because sustainability makes sense and saves money helping people and the planet thrive.