BABA !!!!!! Our grocery store chains have to get the message !! SAVE ON FOODS/QUALITY FOODS , JIM PATERSON chains are still sourcing a lot of their house brand , WESTERN FAMILY (WF) and other products from the USA !!!!!!!!!!! and are not properly marking their produce with "COUNTRY OF ORIGIN " labels ????????????
Let theses store managers/CORPORATE HEAD OFFICES know how they are letting their customers and CANADA DOWN.!!!!!!!!! and buy from the locally owned stores which carry more CANADIAN PRODUCTS !!!!!!!
A big shout out to CHAPMAN'S ICE CREAM for switching to as much NON US input ingredients and TELLING CANADIANS about the switch !!!!!! CHAPMAN'S IS WHAT CORPORATE GLOVES OFF leadership looks like !
Some segments of CORPORATE CANADA still need to wake up to the fact CANADA is at WAR and they have to actively join the RESISTANCE now , instead of giving CANADIANS CORPORTATE LIP SERVICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, this year was the first year that we actually went with a very diverse garden and have been eating out of it all summer. I haven’t bought strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers,melons, cucumbers, or plums this year everything from the front yard. waiting on the watermelons and pumpkins.
In Vancouver, several vacant commercial lots awaiting development have been converted into temporary community gardens. $20 plus tax per year for individuals. Several of the 1 m x 1.2 m (4' x 3.3') raised boxes are allotted to non-profit local agencies.
One of these agencies has a wonderful system, which I learned is called 'guided community gardening'. It involves a lead gardener and any number of volunteers who show up to tend the boxes allotted to that agency: planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting. Once a week we meet as a group and the harvest is divided among that day's volunteers, which usually number fewer than seven.
This fresh, organically grown produce is 'free' except for the cost of our labour, generally less than two hours per week. I've been exposed to new foods and new gardening methods. I haven't had to buy greens or potatoes in weeks and am eating things I probably wouldn't have bought due to cost or storage issues.
I love that you, Charlie, have connected the WWII effort with our present-day efforts to resist and endure. The comparison is apt. I find myself feeling proud and even virtuous when I go to the grocery store and check all the labels before purchasing. And I especially love all the farmers' markets during the summer and early fall months. Supporting local growers is a wonderful "byproduct" of having the opportunity to eat fresh veg and fruit. I am also tremendously proud of my fellow countrymen and women for making the effort to find ways to support Canadian businesses and industry AND especially proud that our federal government is strengthening ties with our European brothers and sisters. Their beliefs and values are so much more in tune with Canadian beliefs and values.
I’m at the point where I want to boycott all of Canada’s grocery chains.
Right now in Sidney BC, a province that has a very large apple industry as does Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, not one of the 3 grocery chains have ANY apples that are not US grown!
And I know for a fact that those apples have been in cold storage since last years harvest, and these are the last of them.
Yet right now fresh B.C. and other provinces crops are now ripe and available for sale BUT are NOT being bought or sold BY OUR OWN GROCERY STORES!
Don’t worry, it’s the same in American grocery stores. All the apples are a year old or more! We have to go to the local farmer markets to get the ones fresh off the trees! And for the record, I applaud all the Canadian efforts to boycott everything American for as long as this MAGAt regime is still in power. Elbows UP! Onward……..
We’ve always known that our relationship with the USA was lopsided. We tolerated it because there were enough benefits to warrant staying. Those benefits are gone. Worse, the abuse is now intolerable. I don’t visit my grandkids or friends in the USA anymore. They come see me and get some much needed repose from the incessant nonsense that has become their country.
U.S. Dem party guy here. Carry on, please! It can only help those of us in the pro-democracy movement as we struggle to regain our country from these grifters and cranks and hold them accountable.
Canada vastly needs to invest in vertical gardening greenhouses. As they do in China, due to land use limits. They build vertical greenhouses, sometimes 20 stories high. They use hydroponic systems for growing food in the space of a high-rise apartment building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI6jrYHio90 If we can invest in giant greenhouses for growing cannabis, why not food? So we are not as reliant on a hostile trading country. Imagine this being done in urban cities, again where land use is limited. Having gardening allotment plots, which can be leased out to local citizens. Where they grow their own. Some condos have allowed this on rooftops. Particularly for people who don't have garden space, as they live in condos or townhomes that won't allow it. I would have thought during COVID times they would have thought of this. But, sadly, no. During post-war times in the UK, all available yard space was utilised for the growing of veg and fruits. Doing so was considered being part of the war effort. In provinces like Alberta, although Dani would not allow it. She discourages anything that promotes positive climate change and contributes to Team Canada. Alberta is known for being one of the sunniest provinces even during the winter months. Vertical gardening would do well in Alberta. Instead, Dani wants mega data centres. Not mega food.
Good for Canada! As an American who grew up in Michigan on the border with our best neighbor, I am ashamed of and embarrassed for what our president is doing and our government is allowing.
Thank you for sharing this bit of Canadian post-war history for the benefit of post 50s immigrants. Ironically many arrived in Canada from so-call third world countries, where growing food basics to support their families was a way of life.My own community emigrated in the early 20 century to Kenya. Almost every one had root vegetables and fruit trees in every bit of land, even around govt-provided housing. Those who subsequently re-emigrated to Canada in the mid cities did exactly the same thing at first, except they were flummoxed by the severe weather conditions and became consumers of the big stores.
Our 10 X 10 veggie garden is a real blessing in that we get to eat what we grow, and getting our minds off the global mess (USA) is a gift only mother nature can give. I have been told that finger in the soil is good for health. Check out, Home Grown National Park.
I miss my little patio garden due to health issues. Had a pacemaker implanted and had limited activity. I'm in California but have missed the opportunity to plant my tomatoes so go to the Farmers Market tomorrow support local farmers. Keep up the great work, Canada!
Another way to boycott American products is to look at the first digit of the VIN (vehicle identification number) when considering buying a new North American built car. If the VIN starts with the number 1, it was assembled in the United States. DON'T BUY it! Got this info from Klaus Kellerman's podcast. Thank you, Klaus
I'm not even sure the American politicians see the Canadian citizens behind the boycott. You may notice that when they speechify about this, they target the provincial governments who refuse to buy US liquor, never any comment about the boycott underneath. I don't think they even realize that if the provinces restocked US liquor tomorrow, we still wouldn't buy it. To be honest, I'd love to see their surpised Pikachu faces if that happened.
In times of war, our ancestors practiced building resilience and self-reliance, so it makes sense that we revisit the Victory Garden. While I understand the reason for Charlie’s post was to encourage us to band together to better support our own Canadian businesses, I wanted to muse about the actual value of promoting growing food in community.
A few years ago, I joined a community garden group that was different from others I’ve participated in before. Instead of being issued a plot and being turned loose to grow what I like for my family alone, this one focused on growing in community. This particular group’s mission was to include people from the low-income neighbourhood near the garden to raise their level of food security while building friendships and informal support networks among participants.
We decided together what to plant, learned together how best to grow it and harvested the produce together. We shared it among ourselves and then, if anything was left over, we donated it to the food pantry. I wrote a grant to build a greenhouse, and we extended our growing season to 9 months a year. Meanwhile, participants and relationships grew stronger. It was one of the most powerful projects I’ve ever been associated with.
Canada has a pervasive food security problem. Hunger hides out in our cities and rural areas as well as the Reserves. Even in relatively affluent cities, people dislocated from jobs or on fixed incomes are finding wholesome food less affordable. Gardening in community can be a solution to eating healthy and finding friendly support during stressful times. I urge everyone to find a garden to join, or to start their own group where they live. For those without knowledge, the local public library has many resources. Let’s make gardening communities multiply to make Canada stronger.
BABA !!!!!! Our grocery store chains have to get the message !! SAVE ON FOODS/QUALITY FOODS , JIM PATERSON chains are still sourcing a lot of their house brand , WESTERN FAMILY (WF) and other products from the USA !!!!!!!!!!! and are not properly marking their produce with "COUNTRY OF ORIGIN " labels ????????????
Let theses store managers/CORPORATE HEAD OFFICES know how they are letting their customers and CANADA DOWN.!!!!!!!!! and buy from the locally owned stores which carry more CANADIAN PRODUCTS !!!!!!!
A big shout out to CHAPMAN'S ICE CREAM for switching to as much NON US input ingredients and TELLING CANADIANS about the switch !!!!!! CHAPMAN'S IS WHAT CORPORATE GLOVES OFF leadership looks like !
Some segments of CORPORATE CANADA still need to wake up to the fact CANADA is at WAR and they have to actively join the RESISTANCE now , instead of giving CANADIANS CORPORTATE LIP SERVICE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, this year was the first year that we actually went with a very diverse garden and have been eating out of it all summer. I haven’t bought strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers,melons, cucumbers, or plums this year everything from the front yard. waiting on the watermelons and pumpkins.
In Vancouver, several vacant commercial lots awaiting development have been converted into temporary community gardens. $20 plus tax per year for individuals. Several of the 1 m x 1.2 m (4' x 3.3') raised boxes are allotted to non-profit local agencies.
One of these agencies has a wonderful system, which I learned is called 'guided community gardening'. It involves a lead gardener and any number of volunteers who show up to tend the boxes allotted to that agency: planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting. Once a week we meet as a group and the harvest is divided among that day's volunteers, which usually number fewer than seven.
This fresh, organically grown produce is 'free' except for the cost of our labour, generally less than two hours per week. I've been exposed to new foods and new gardening methods. I haven't had to buy greens or potatoes in weeks and am eating things I probably wouldn't have bought due to cost or storage issues.
I highly recommend this system.
I love that you, Charlie, have connected the WWII effort with our present-day efforts to resist and endure. The comparison is apt. I find myself feeling proud and even virtuous when I go to the grocery store and check all the labels before purchasing. And I especially love all the farmers' markets during the summer and early fall months. Supporting local growers is a wonderful "byproduct" of having the opportunity to eat fresh veg and fruit. I am also tremendously proud of my fellow countrymen and women for making the effort to find ways to support Canadian businesses and industry AND especially proud that our federal government is strengthening ties with our European brothers and sisters. Their beliefs and values are so much more in tune with Canadian beliefs and values.
Now let's boycott Eurovision same as Ireland and a half dozen other dignified Countries.
Tell Israel to stop The Genocide.
They are slaughtering Children every day.
Tell CBC to pull the plug on Eurovision.
I’m at the point where I want to boycott all of Canada’s grocery chains.
Right now in Sidney BC, a province that has a very large apple industry as does Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, not one of the 3 grocery chains have ANY apples that are not US grown!
And I know for a fact that those apples have been in cold storage since last years harvest, and these are the last of them.
Yet right now fresh B.C. and other provinces crops are now ripe and available for sale BUT are NOT being bought or sold BY OUR OWN GROCERY STORES!
Don’t worry, it’s the same in American grocery stores. All the apples are a year old or more! We have to go to the local farmer markets to get the ones fresh off the trees! And for the record, I applaud all the Canadian efforts to boycott everything American for as long as this MAGAt regime is still in power. Elbows UP! Onward……..
We’ve always known that our relationship with the USA was lopsided. We tolerated it because there were enough benefits to warrant staying. Those benefits are gone. Worse, the abuse is now intolerable. I don’t visit my grandkids or friends in the USA anymore. They come see me and get some much needed repose from the incessant nonsense that has become their country.
Well done, Canadians!
U.S. Dem party guy here. Carry on, please! It can only help those of us in the pro-democracy movement as we struggle to regain our country from these grifters and cranks and hold them accountable.
Canada vastly needs to invest in vertical gardening greenhouses. As they do in China, due to land use limits. They build vertical greenhouses, sometimes 20 stories high. They use hydroponic systems for growing food in the space of a high-rise apartment building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI6jrYHio90 If we can invest in giant greenhouses for growing cannabis, why not food? So we are not as reliant on a hostile trading country. Imagine this being done in urban cities, again where land use is limited. Having gardening allotment plots, which can be leased out to local citizens. Where they grow their own. Some condos have allowed this on rooftops. Particularly for people who don't have garden space, as they live in condos or townhomes that won't allow it. I would have thought during COVID times they would have thought of this. But, sadly, no. During post-war times in the UK, all available yard space was utilised for the growing of veg and fruits. Doing so was considered being part of the war effort. In provinces like Alberta, although Dani would not allow it. She discourages anything that promotes positive climate change and contributes to Team Canada. Alberta is known for being one of the sunniest provinces even during the winter months. Vertical gardening would do well in Alberta. Instead, Dani wants mega data centres. Not mega food.
Good for Canada! As an American who grew up in Michigan on the border with our best neighbor, I am ashamed of and embarrassed for what our president is doing and our government is allowing.
Thank you for sharing this bit of Canadian post-war history for the benefit of post 50s immigrants. Ironically many arrived in Canada from so-call third world countries, where growing food basics to support their families was a way of life.My own community emigrated in the early 20 century to Kenya. Almost every one had root vegetables and fruit trees in every bit of land, even around govt-provided housing. Those who subsequently re-emigrated to Canada in the mid cities did exactly the same thing at first, except they were flummoxed by the severe weather conditions and became consumers of the big stores.
Our 10 X 10 veggie garden is a real blessing in that we get to eat what we grow, and getting our minds off the global mess (USA) is a gift only mother nature can give. I have been told that finger in the soil is good for health. Check out, Home Grown National Park.
I miss my little patio garden due to health issues. Had a pacemaker implanted and had limited activity. I'm in California but have missed the opportunity to plant my tomatoes so go to the Farmers Market tomorrow support local farmers. Keep up the great work, Canada!
Elbows Up!
Another way to boycott American products is to look at the first digit of the VIN (vehicle identification number) when considering buying a new North American built car. If the VIN starts with the number 1, it was assembled in the United States. DON'T BUY it! Got this info from Klaus Kellerman's podcast. Thank you, Klaus
I'm not even sure the American politicians see the Canadian citizens behind the boycott. You may notice that when they speechify about this, they target the provincial governments who refuse to buy US liquor, never any comment about the boycott underneath. I don't think they even realize that if the provinces restocked US liquor tomorrow, we still wouldn't buy it. To be honest, I'd love to see their surpised Pikachu faces if that happened.
In times of war, our ancestors practiced building resilience and self-reliance, so it makes sense that we revisit the Victory Garden. While I understand the reason for Charlie’s post was to encourage us to band together to better support our own Canadian businesses, I wanted to muse about the actual value of promoting growing food in community.
A few years ago, I joined a community garden group that was different from others I’ve participated in before. Instead of being issued a plot and being turned loose to grow what I like for my family alone, this one focused on growing in community. This particular group’s mission was to include people from the low-income neighbourhood near the garden to raise their level of food security while building friendships and informal support networks among participants.
We decided together what to plant, learned together how best to grow it and harvested the produce together. We shared it among ourselves and then, if anything was left over, we donated it to the food pantry. I wrote a grant to build a greenhouse, and we extended our growing season to 9 months a year. Meanwhile, participants and relationships grew stronger. It was one of the most powerful projects I’ve ever been associated with.
Canada has a pervasive food security problem. Hunger hides out in our cities and rural areas as well as the Reserves. Even in relatively affluent cities, people dislocated from jobs or on fixed incomes are finding wholesome food less affordable. Gardening in community can be a solution to eating healthy and finding friendly support during stressful times. I urge everyone to find a garden to join, or to start their own group where they live. For those without knowledge, the local public library has many resources. Let’s make gardening communities multiply to make Canada stronger.