If it's so warm & mild there & lots of water, I would think agriculture is all over the place, same with cows, chickens, fish, etc.
Michelle
Michelle
The last couple of years the fish supply has been on the low side. Even ocean fish. Halibut costs an arm and a leg this year - so expensive that most of the stores are not even selling it. It is usually something we buy lots of and freeze but we didn't this year. There are lots of cows and chickens and other animals as well :lol:. The Okanagan has orchards and that is where lots of fruit is grown. Scott is right in that the fruit goes to the packing house and they pay little to the farmers/orchardists. The biggest problem that orchardists face is hiring people to pick fruit. No one wants to do it. My brother has been an orchardist for years. He cannot hire local people to pick fruit and considers himself very lucky that often the Mexican people go to the area and do the picking. Oodles of berries are grown in the Fraser Valley. Most berry farms are now owned by East Indians and they do a great job of growing and picking the fruit. Unfortunately, the USA undercuts the local farmers so a lot of produce sold in the stores comes from California or Washington and lately a lot of it comes from Mexico as well. Local country markets bring in fruit and veggies from the Okanagan and lots of vegetables grow here too. Blackberries grow wild all over the Island. I was just at my neighbours house an hour or so ago. She has lettuce, red onions, potatoes and carrots growing right in amongst her flowers. Her lettuce looks lovely. People here also grow raspberries. My other brother grows lots and he always calls me to come down and pick some and - I always go. He's a very good brother. He also calls me to come and get bedding plants as he has his own greenhouse. I'm lucky.If it's so warm & mild there & lots of water, I would think agriculture is all over the place, same with cows, chickens, fish, etc.
Michelle
If it's so warm & mild there & lots of water, I would think agriculture is all over the place, same with cows, chickens, fish, etc.
Michelle
It's US subsidized farming that makes CDN produce more expensive and through the amazingly good deal we got in NAFTA Canada can't subsize our farmers or we violate the agreement.
Cool huh? We should get into more deals like that.
lol A lot of people would wish that were true. However, city slickers tend to like living on relatively flat, aerable land; so the good land is eventually taken over by pavers.all the good land is taken by pot growers...
We are able to buy most everything directly from the source.
The gov't only gets in the way when you leave a paper trail....cash only please. ;-)
Out here we have chickens for meat or fresh eggs. Emu, beef, turkey, chicken, sheep, etc....all at the farmers market. Fresh baking as well, of course.
The First Nations sell fresh fish when in season for a reasonable price. I would never buy fish in a grocery store...ewwww