Food insecurity and the rising cost of food are front and centre these days.

Now a Manitoba company has developed a home growing system that will provide customers with fresh lettuce for around 50 cents a head.

Here is Neil Evenson, founder of Radical Growing Company and designer of the kit.

“As the product designer, I thought if I was going to invest some time into making this into something other people would want, it better be a meaningful and reliable tool as opposed to another kitchen gadget and of course, it also needs to be able to get where it needs to go most. In Canada, we believe that’s the North. This led to defining our North Star Mission which is to enable anyone to grow food anytime, anywhere.”

There are options available when purchasing the kits, which the company mails free of charge anywhere Canada Post delivers.

Evenson said he is also testing other vegetables to see if they can work with the current system.  

For more on Radical Growing Company, go to radicalgrowco.com. You can also listen to Thompson Today this afternoon at 12:40 and 5:10.