Database research record2026·Canada
Comparing controlled-environment-urban agriculture to conventional agriculture across Canada
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Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Urban Farm DB summary
A life-cycle assessment of controlled-environment urban lettuce found climate-change impacts ranging from 0.8 to 25 times those of conventional lettuce because of high energy demand; in carbon-intensive grids such as Alberta, per-kilogram emissions exceeded conventional agriculture.