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As much as I support boycotting American, not buying American lettuce and apples won't force the grocery stores to "switch suppliers"
Canada can't grow that shit. All the grocery stores will switch to is corn and more bread in the bakery because we have very little land with the climate that will produce fruits and vegetables.
Idk I've had a pretty easy time grabbing non US veggies
Well, it’s the middle of summer right now.
You've had an easy time while others have been buying US veggies. If there were no US veggies available at all you would have a much more difficult time.
If we don’t buy US they will bring in stuff from other countries. It’s already happening. We had never seen lemons from any country but USA. Now we get South African, Argentinian and what not. Oranges? Morocco, Egypt. Cantaloupes were always USA. Now we get some from Guatemala and Honduras and right now Canada as they are in season. Apples now? Not available yet in Canada. We get them from NZ.
It’s all possible. There is nothing the USA grows that isn’t grown around the world.
You've never been to Canada have you? Its farms every where
I literally live in the warmest farming country in Canada. I still 2-3 months of the year the land is fallow and can't grow anything because it's too cold, and a few other months some of it is only used to grow hay for livestock, unlike the states which can grow produce year round.
We have mass green house structures in BC for cold growing, and growing hay for livestock isn't a " nowhere to grow food" issue its a planning issue.
We export a lot of food to the States. Keep it here.
We also have an multiple trade partners to import from, if we don't grow it already.
Canada has apples all year, why do stores still fill the shelves with American apples?
We need to stop pretending that it's OK to keep giving Americans money. It's better the shelves be half empty than full of American products.
Of course we can and do grow it! We have tons of orchards and farms.
We have so much Canadian lettuce it’s not even hard to avoid US grown. Apples? I only buy Canadian for years because they have flavour.
Do we have some catching up to do? Sure. But it’s driven by demand. We stop buying US and it’ll drive demand for Canadian and others (friendlies) for sure.
We can't grow enough to supply 40million people is what I mean.
We can. We actually throw 40-50% of produce in the landfill because it sat too long. That would be lessened if we only had Canadian choices
Have you got any studies or statistics to back that up?
That should be a challenge. It also would drive more investment and production.
But... we can. We have been for decades.
Canada can't grow lettuce and apples? Since when? We've been buying BC and Ontario fruit for decades. There are backyard apple varieties developed in Saskatchewan and Manitoba that are hardy to zone 3 and 2. Lettuce can be and is grown in hothouses in winter around the Redcliff area in Alberta. (Not to mention, it's not hard to grow in your living room under grow lights.)
Now, off to pick some raspberries and tomatoes in my Saskatchewan back yard.