"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada.
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"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada. Not only do we import much of our fruits and vegetables from the U.S. – a whopping 98 per cent of our imported lettuce is grown there – but even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports."
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-reliance-on-the-us-for-our-food-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/ -
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"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada. Not only do we import much of our fruits and vegetables from the U.S. – a whopping 98 per cent of our imported lettuce is grown there – but even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports."
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-reliance-on-the-us-for-our-food-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/@dyckron part of this dependence is due to US firms buying up small canneries and closing them down. We use to have a lot of truck farms in Vernon and we produced a lot more vegetables and even more fruit than what we produce today. Some of the reduction in food production is due to the increased acreage for wine.
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"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada. Not only do we import much of our fruits and vegetables from the U.S. – a whopping 98 per cent of our imported lettuce is grown there – but even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports."
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-reliance-on-the-us-for-our-food-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/"This means protecting our agricultural land from development. Municipalities of all sizes must limit turning agricultural lands into new housing developments."
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"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada. Not only do we import much of our fruits and vegetables from the U.S. – a whopping 98 per cent of our imported lettuce is grown there – but even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports."
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-reliance-on-the-us-for-our-food-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/@dyckron Buying local is so important. I know we can’t for all and definitely not all year. But here in Alberta even we can get a good chunk of our produce from April to November/December locally (AB/BC grown).
With a big freezer (and cellar) and a bit of planning that’s almost the whole year a ton of produce. We still buy lots of (non US) produce that doesn’t grow here but hardly anything out of season anymore.
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@dyckron Buying local is so important. I know we can’t for all and definitely not all year. But here in Alberta even we can get a good chunk of our produce from April to November/December locally (AB/BC grown).
With a big freezer (and cellar) and a bit of planning that’s almost the whole year a ton of produce. We still buy lots of (non US) produce that doesn’t grow here but hardly anything out of season anymore.
@Bowreality @dyckron I have a freezer full of fruit from Niagara, and I can but locally grown apples and vegetables (including hothouse grown lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs) all winter long. About the only things that I buy that are not grown here are avocados, bananas, limes, and lemons (and I will not buy them if they come from the US). All of the meat, and most of the cheese we purchase is also local (there are excellent cheese makers in Ontario - we do purchase some cheeses from Europe).
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@dyckron Buying local is so important. I know we can’t for all and definitely not all year. But here in Alberta even we can get a good chunk of our produce from April to November/December locally (AB/BC grown).
With a big freezer (and cellar) and a bit of planning that’s almost the whole year a ton of produce. We still buy lots of (non US) produce that doesn’t grow here but hardly anything out of season anymore.
@Bowreality @dyckron Hydroponics and greenhouses are not new or untested technology. We need to drive and encourage more of it through grants and tax rebates and other incentives, right from the top. Right, Mr. Carney? Um... Mr. Carney?
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@dyckron part of this dependence is due to US firms buying up small canneries and closing them down. We use to have a lot of truck farms in Vernon and we produced a lot more vegetables and even more fruit than what we produce today. Some of the reduction in food production is due to the increased acreage for wine.
Yet another downside of free trade in capital.
Trying to not buy US vegs lately I've noticed that even the frozen ones are either from the US or CHINA! Can we not freeze our own? Or would corporate interests just ensure anyone starting up such a business would be crushed and bought up?
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"This means protecting our agricultural land from development. Municipalities of all sizes must limit turning agricultural lands into new housing developments."
This means protecting our agricultural land from Doug Ford and his developer buddies.
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"The United States potentially controls as much as 82.9 per cent of all fruits and vegetables that enter into Canada. Not only do we import much of our fruits and vegetables from the U.S. – a whopping 98 per cent of our imported lettuce is grown there – but even produce from other countries largely travels here via American highways and shipping ports."
Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canadas-reliance-on-the-us-for-our-food-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/As the Greens and some others have been warning for years, but Conservatives and Liberals sold us out.... Globalism is a dangerous failure.
"Canada’s reliance on the U.S. for our food is a recipe for disaster"
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@elasticsoul @dyckron I don't think the trade aspect of globalisation is the problem...the problem is the excessive constellation of legal coercions that come with investment globalisation.
Keep the trade, ditch the other stuff.
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@elasticsoul @dyckron I don't think the trade aspect of globalisation is the problem...the problem is the excessive constellation of legal coercions that come with investment globalisation.
Keep the trade, ditch the other stuff.
@johnefrancis @elasticsoul I'm sure the IMF's neoliberal fetish will somehow survive the so-called "collapse of the rules based order"
