This morning I listened to a CBC program on buying food locally. Here in Bowmanville we are in the midst of some of the best farmland in Canada and it is not that difficult through the summer and fall to find produce from the area.
The turkey on our table was raised near Newcastle and the apples mixed with the turnip were picked just north of town. The potatoes were local as well. The rest of the meal? I'm not really sure, but we are thinking of this more when we buy groceries. We have been patronizing local growers whenever possible and looking at labels in the grocery chains.
It makes no sense to purchase food grown thousands of kilometres away while produce rots in the fields here because farmers can't compete with the foreign imports. Nor should we be paving over prime farmland for subdivisions.
The CBC program outlined a program called Local Food Plus which encourages the production and distribution of locally grown food. http://www.localflavourplus.ca/ It is obviously a movement which has weight.
I am thankful today to live in a country of such abundance. As Christian we can make simple choices to be nourished by food which comes from our community.
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I too am trying to purchase locally grown food and recently while in a doctor's office, I found a brochure for locally grown food in Durham. You can go to their site, http://www.durhamfarmfresh.ca/ and see where in Durham you can purchase your food.
Hi Nancy,
Thanks for this tip Nancy. We figure that the more people buy locally the more grocers will respond. As one of the people interviewed yesterday pointed out, grocers don't care about setting our eating habits. They want to provide what we are looking for.
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