By Dominique Gené, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News The Kuujjuaq Greenhouse has $1 million in federal funding to expand local food production and processing in the community. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty toured the greenhouse Friday morning as part of a funding announcement from Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions. It’s a federal program that gives financial support to small and medium-size businesses and non-profit organizations. The money will go toward the construction of a new service building connected to the existing greenhouses that were built in 1999 and 2012, said Roxane Archambault, a member of the four-person volunteer committee managing the Kuujjuaq Greenhouse. The project is operated by the municipality. The new building will include an insulated space to help extend the

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