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Originally Posted by JayP
There's actually lots of evidence that transporting food long distances by rail can be more environmentally friendly than fossil-fuel-heated greenhouses transporting their food into cities by truck (which is 10 times less efficient than rail).
So, yes, thanks NDP.
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Except that once the fresh food is off loaded at a major shipping yard it then has to be transported to warehouses, cross docked and shipped to grocery stores, this will not decrease any trucking. Currently 0 (zero) fresh produce is shipped to Alberta from the US by railroad. Perhaps once the coal quits coming across the border by rail or once a pipeline is built, there may be opprotunity for produce to be transported by rail.