The Canadian Press
QIKIQTARJUAQ, Nunavut–A teacher in Nunavut who turned to crowdfunding for a modest greenhouse to grow vegetables with his students is revising his plans after Canadians responded with a bumper crop of donations.
Adam Malcolm originally asked for $4,500 on GoFundMe for a greenhouse about the size of a garden shed to grow fresh produce in Qikiqtarjuaq.
But following news reports about his project last month, more than four times that amount has been pledged.
A welding equipment company, Weldcor, even has paid for two larger greenhouses, which Malcolm said have made it as far as Iqaluit and are awaiting a flight to the Inuksuit School in the remote Baffin Island community.
He noted Loblaw has donated seed kits.
Malcolm started crowdfunding for a greenhouse because of the high cost of healthy eating in the north.
His original plan called for a small heater for the greenhouse because even though there’s plenty of daylight now, the nights still can get cold.
With the extra money, he’s hoping to get a heating system that would work year-round.
