How Canadians are growing resiliency in the face of U.S. threats
As food costs rise as a result of the U.S.-imposed trade war, some Canadians are pushing back by growing their own produce
By Nadia Nikpour-Badr
Canadian Geographic
Mar 10, 2025
Excerpt:
The quacks of ducks and buzzing of bees weren’t always a part of Jessica Mapila’s and Brandon Boyd’s daily routine. Recently, the newlyweds and first-time parents bought a homestead just outside of Ottawa. They have fruit trees, berry bushes and vegetable beds. Fallen tree logs on their property are inoculated with mushrooms, with larger branches processed into a natural fence. This spring, they’ll set their homestead’s first vegetable plants in the ground, with flowers to attract pollinators. Their hope is to supplement some of their food needs.
As the threat of American tariffs is set to raise already high grocery store prices in the coming weeks, more Canadians are looking to ways to gain greater control over their grocery bills — and where their food comes from.
Nearly half of all vegetables and three quarters of all fruit eaten in Canada are imported, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia, and the U.S. provides a large share — 67 per cent of vegetable imports and 36 per cent of Canada’s fruit imports. Nearly eight in ten Canadians would pay more at the register for domestic goods, if tariffs on American goods are imposed, according to one survey from Interac Corp.
The threats of tariffs by the U.S. has spurred many into the buy local movement. Many supermarkets are highlighting Canadian products, so shoppers knowing they’re buying Canadian. A handful of apps, like Shop Canadian, O SCANada, Buy Beaver and Maple Scan, were created to support buy local efforts. Others, like Mapila and Boyd, are taking it a step further by growing their own.
Source: https://cityfarmer.info/how-canadians-are-growing-resiliency-in-the-face-of-u-s-threats/
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