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This is a great piece of work and is one worth reading, mindful of the BC situation.

Ref: ://www.nsfa-fane.ca/files/images/file/FM_Final%202010.pdf

The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture and the Ecology Action Centre joined forces to answer two pressing questions:
• How far is our food traveling to get from farms to food retail outlets?
&
• What percentage of our food is locally grown? ...

This is timely. Only two days ago, I attended a meeting in Vancouver with representatives of food producers, distributors, restaurateurs, processors and retailers and guess what surfaced as a common concern/complaint. You guessed it: Regulations....those that add to inefficiencies and costs without adding much in the way of meeting public needs, regardless of where one operates in the food chain. ...

My bet is that the Canadian statistics on the % of family farms, levels of profitability and concerns about economic policies and tax structures here are much the same.

By Robert A. Hoppe, David E. Banker, and James M. MacDonald

USDA Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-67) 12 pp, July 2010

American farms vary widely in size and other characteristics, but farming is still an industry ...

I frequently buy staples from a local bulk food store. This time, I noticed a sign on the wall showing to which foods the HST applies, and to which there is no tax. In essence, the HST applies to all foods considered snack foods in that store. The example? Peanuts. The HST applies to salted peanuts while unsalted peanuts are tax exempt. Perhaps, in BC, this is an incentive for eating better. You'l ...

Safety Zone By: James Marsden Chef Emeril Lagasse - Making consumers feel good about eating beef ref:... ...

B.C. berry producers struggle by David Schmidt British Columbia strawberry and raspberry growers have been hit by a... ...