The community of Tachet on Babine Lake expects to be growing its vegetables via the installation of a hydroponics farm by late this fall or early winter. Using a series of grants, with a final one of $100,000 from the United Way of B.C. helping meet a total project cost of $400,000, the community, which is part of the Lake Babine Nation, is purchasing a growing unit from the Ontario company of Growcer.
"It's been a long time coming and a lot of various groups and people were involved in getting us here, but here we finally are," said Tachet community director Daisy Charlie last week of the project.
The population of Tachet is approximately 100 people and it is located on Babine Lake near Granisle.
"We've had an in-ground garden for the community for the past six or seven years and it's been good but it's obviously limited to our very short growing season up here in our northwest part of the province and with Granisle being at an even higher elevation, it's harder to grow a lot of vegetables up here," said Charlie.
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