Get you thinking….doesn’t it?
 

Get you thinking….doesn’t it?

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My grandfather was a potato farmer his whole life so this is all too familiar. Even in his younger years he struggled to compete with low cost imports from Mexico where they have the advantage of cheep labour.

It is really sad to think this is the case. Having said that, living in the Okanagan we grow
so many different fruits here and you see in the grocery stores that it is mostly imported
stuff for sale. They chose to sell to places like Japan where they get probaly three times
what they can make selling it here. So not sure what the answer is. Something to think about though.

When people go out and buy produce.. they probably don't even look at where they are coming from! They look at the price. I try and buy local when I can but sometimes they are out of season for us so there is no choice but to buy imported.

It isn't always because of cheap labour. (it does play a part) but it also is a little bit of of our smaller economy. We just don't have the volume to keep costs down.

I would prefer to buy local. We work very hard at our house to buy fruits and vegetables from local growers or ones from other parts of BC. Heck.. if I pay 2X more for a BC Hot House Tomato.. I will.. but that is the problem. It can be more expensive (depending on time of year)

I was disappointed by the amount of imported produce that was being offered for sale at one of the farmers markets here recently. Even many of the roadside stands claiming to have BC fruit are in fact peddling imports. Its not as easy as one thinks to find locally grown stuff.