Canada-based Nature Fresh Farms will bring its mobile micro greenhouse to Toronto's upcoming Royal Agricultural Winter Fair to educate consumers about how their food is grown.

The company says the 'living' greenhouse is the perfect way to be able to speak diectly to the general public about crop production.

"We welcome the opportunity to connect face to face with consumers as often as we can," Nature Fresh president Peter Quiring said.

"The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto is a fantastic event for us to showcase our micro greenhouse operation. It gives us an opportunity, first hand, to help educate consumers about greenhouse grown produce.

"The micro greenhouse is a living attraction and allows us to physically demonstrate to consumers how tomato plants are grown in a greenhouse environment, it really helps put things in perspective."

The greenhouse is said to highlight the core 11 elements in the growing process, and is equipped with live tomato plants, an irrigation and heating system, and a container area with live bees.

The bees are used to pollinate the plants in the greenhouses, and ladybugs are used as part of the company's Integrated Pest Management System (IPM).

The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair takes place in Toronto, Nov. 7-16 at Exhibition Place in the Direct Energy Centre.

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