Canadians love to eat. If we didn’t, then why are so many of us making New Year’s resolutions that include some form of food or exercise commitment?
Maybe we can’t help ourselves because the range of meats, vegetables, grains, pulses and poultry products from Canada are so delicious and we can’t get enough.
Research continues to show that Canadians are passionate about food, and not just a little. A Leger Marketing survey found that for women especially, it was a toss-up whether they would rather give up sex or chocolate if they were forced to give up one thing.
The love of good food is spreading. The Slow Food Movement is picking up steam and many regions are promoting local food and encouraging producers and consumers to both take advantage of selling locally. Out in St. Johns’, Newfoundland & Labrador they have come up with the ’50 Mile Diet’ as a way to promote local products to the consumer. You can find most things within 50 miles of St. John’s according to Downhome Magazine and the NL Federation of Agriculture.
Consumers are asking where their food comes from and what better way to find out than by being able to put a face to the person that is putting the food on your table? A good way of reaching out to consumers to do just that is the Ontario Farm Animal Council Faces of Farming calendar that, each year, features 12 producers and talks about their passion for putting world-class food on our tables.
Good food and our love for it is the subject of a report from fellow Canadian blogger Lilian Schaer (Food and Farming Canada). She wrote about another recent survey into how Canadians feel about food and farming that was conducted at the end of November. Here is the intro to her blog and a link for you to go enjoy the rest:
Canadian love affair with food and farming heating up
A new survey shows that our love affair with food and farming in Canada is intensifying.
Personally I’ve long been an advocate but now some new Ipsos Reid numbers are showing that I’m not alone – the Canadian public’s positive perceptions of agriculture are on the rise.
More than half – 57 percent – of Canadians surveyed have a positive impression of agriculture in this country, a figure that has risen 16 per cent since the survey was first conducted four years ago.
The survey also showed that farmers enjoy a high rate of public credibility on issues related to food and farming, such as animal welfare. Ranked second only to veterinarians, farmers jumped eight points to 67 per cent from 59 per cent a year earlier.
For the rest of her blog post visit: http://www.foodandfarmingcanada.com/2010/12/16/canadian-love-affair-with-food-and-farming-heating-up/.
