This article makes me feel warm and fuzzy, especially since both the Ottawa and Hamilton Farmer’s Markets seem to be featuring produce that’s shipped in from all over North America. I’m hoping to head to the Sky Dragon Centre this weekend for their market (hosted by Plan B Organics) and I keep planning to venture into windowsill gardening. 'Zero Mile Diet' Blooms in BC :: News :: thetyee.ca: "Against a backdrop of global food shortages and the spectre of five dollar lettuce at the checkout, there are signs that more Western Canadians are tearing up their lawns this spring to plant vegetable gardens. It's still early in the planting season, but the region's organic-seed distributors report a dramatic increase in business.
"We put out the catalog at the beginning of January, as we always do" says Jeanette McCall, a sales representative at West Coast Seeds, based in Delta, B.C.
"Then, boom. We had many, many, many more orders than we anticipated. [Our computer system] simply couldn't handle the load," she adds. "It just sort of crashed."
It's the same story at Salt Spring Seeds, which specializes in heritage and heirloom vegetable varieties.
"I've never seen the likes of this in over 20 years of selling seeds," confirmed owner Dan Jason.
"The phone calls, e-mails, letters, seed orders are relentless. Everyone wants to grow food now. So many people are attempting gardens for the first time."
"We put out the catalog at the beginning of January, as we always do" says Jeanette McCall, a sales representative at West Coast Seeds, based in Delta, B.C.
"Then, boom. We had many, many, many more orders than we anticipated. [Our computer system] simply couldn't handle the load," she adds. "It just sort of crashed."
It's the same story at Salt Spring Seeds, which specializes in heritage and heirloom vegetable varieties.
"I've never seen the likes of this in over 20 years of selling seeds," confirmed owner Dan Jason.
"The phone calls, e-mails, letters, seed orders are relentless. Everyone wants to grow food now. So many people are attempting gardens for the first time."
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