A serial entrepreneur, Big Eagle announced his latest venture, Evolution Growers. It will start with a $20 to $30 million, 200,000 square foot “indoor agricultural facility” to be located just east of the Estevan Comprehensive School. A new sign went up on the site Wednesday morning. To put that 200,000 square feet to scale, Estevan’s Walmart is a little over 100,000 square feet in area. And that’s for the first phase, according to Big Eagle. The intention is to expand further down the road. Big Eagle generally refrains from calling it a “greenhouse,” saying, “There s going to be a little bit more of technology and robotics.”
That city land had previously been slated for a solar power development that fell through, and thus it is now available, according to Estevan city manager Jeff Ward. To put that 200,000 square feet to scale, Estevan’s Walmart is a little over 100,000 square feet in area. And that’s for the first phase, according to Big Eagle. The intention is to expand further down the road. Big Eagle generally refrains from calling it a “greenhouse,” saying, “There s going to be a little bit more of technology and robotics.” Part of the research included going to the Netherlands as part of a federal government trade mission. Several Estevan city officials also took part. That trade mission provided an opportunity to see the latest in growing technology, which Big Eagle plans to incorporate.
Energy company plans indoor agriculture facility for Estevan, Canada
The newly launched company Evolution Growers yesterday presented its indoor 200,000 sq. foot agricultural facility based in Estevan, SK. Not your ordinary greenhouse, this facility addresses food insecurity issues by producing Saskatchewan grown vegetables, fruits and trees to our existing supply chains, they say.
It will start with a $20 to 30 million investment and the new greenhouse company is a subsidiary of Tomahawk Energy Services. The intention is to break ground in spring 2021 and hopefully the first phase will be built by early 2022. This project was always going to be part of our diversity within the Tomahawk umbrella and I think the timing of this has hit spot on the right time, Tomahawk CEO Derrick Big Eagle shares. With great interest shown by the City of Estevan, we are very happy to be welcomed to the city with open arms and excited to be part of their diversity initiative they are working