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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
And that's fair, I do buy a lot of frozen since I'm a lazy cook. But I do buy a lot of things like fresh tomatoes and garlic and can sauces, and I do can some fresh fruits when I find a really good deal.
We get a lot of fruit and vegetable produce out of California and out of Florida. the majority of our lettuce, tomatoes and unions come out of the States, Avocados out of South America.
I found this tool from UBC a while ago, but its pretty good at showing where out imported veggies come from
https://canadafoodflows.ca/DataPortal/ |
I've been buying the hydroponic lettuce grown in Calgary and it is pretty good and not too expensive. I won't be surprised if their prices increase soon with higher demand.
Also, I'm pretty ignorant on how fruits and veggies actually get to Canada from Mexico. Does a lot of it get shipped by rail and truck or is it cargo ships? If it is ground transport what is the risk that the trade routes between Canada and Mexico get shutdown?