Canadians choosing local
Posted Oct 12, 2013 4:37 pm.
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When you gather around the table for Thanksgiving feasts this weekend, will you know where the food was produced? A new survey from BMO finds many of us will.
Mike Darling is vice-president of commercial banking for Southern Alberta and tells 660News, “They want to buy local and support the local farms; it’s a very important industry to Canada’s GDP and it’s great to see that Canadians want to support that.”
The top reasons Canadians choose to buy local: the food is fresher, it supports the local economy, it creates jobs, and it’s better for the environment.
In 2012, Canadian agricultural sales amounted to $54-billion.
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