Mechanization the key to production increase at Les Serres Louis-Dupire

摘要

Despite cutbacks, this municipal operation is now growing 70 per cent more flowers. In the last seven years, Les Serres Louis-Dupire in Montreal experienced a 33 per cent decrease in manpower. In the same period, however, its production of annual flowers to beautify the city of Montreal has increased by 70 per cent to reach 1.2-million plants annually. How did they manage it? "The staff is very innovative and everyone makes it a personal challenge to discover new and efficient ways to produce the annuals. Mechanization has helped us a great deal," says Pierre Jutras, the program manager.