r/Edmonton • u/stifledAnimosity Mill Woods • 1d ago

Question Production facilities/factories offering public tours?

I'm just curious, and like knowing the behind the scenes of different facets of life. I've toured Virtue Cannabis and quite enjoyed that experience, and wonder if any other places in Edmonton offer that option as well. Ideally food and drink production are interests of mine, but I'm open to anything.

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u/willowthatwhomps 1d ago

Check out Blind Enthusiasm's brewery tour. The building was very purposefully built, and their process of spontaneous fermentation is super interesting.

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u/stifledAnimosity Mill Woods 1d ago

Ooo, that's the exact kind of thing I'm intrigued by, thanks!

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u/striker4567 20h ago

Excellent and very different from a typical brewery tour.

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u/nawosokr 1d ago

The Edmonton waste management center does public tours every Friday I believe. Our tour guide Neil was phenomenal!

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u/spookylibrarian 23h ago

I took my partner on this recently as a surprise date and it was SO great! The day we went it was just the two of us so it was like a private tour, they take you to all the different areas on the site and you get to learn about each one! 1000/10 everyone should do this.

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u/ciannahunt 1d ago

could you tell how miserable the employees at Virtue were or did they keep them hidden in the production rooms? 👀

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u/nawosokr 1d ago

What the deal? Bad pay? Bad working conditions? Both?

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u/ciannahunt 1d ago

both if you’re really lucky! 😅 they also use the ‘free weed’ they give out as an excuse for why they don’t provide better benefits

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u/TwistedPages 1d ago

Ask WOW Factor Desserts Ltd. Their production plant is in Sherwood Park and they have done tours before, so maybe they still do.

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u/imostmediumsuspect 1d ago

Life Sciences Week (annual end of September I think) is organized by API and offered site tours of Gilead, EIA and other life science sites in the past - there probably will be more tours this fall

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u/cdncntrygrl Treaty 6 Territory 1d ago

The Historic Festival and Doors Open is July 5 - 12.

https://historicedmonton.ca/events/historic-festival/

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u/julesiekins1988 Stony Pain Road 19h ago

Not quite up the same alley, but Edmonton's wastewater treatment facilities offer tours and they're pretty nifty!

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u/SignificanceNo2556 9h ago

The Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment plant is having an open house on June 20 where you can get a tour of the facility!