Canadian Food Blogs

I have been out there searching hard for Canadian lists and blogs on food and Canadian Food ingredients.

This site : "The Domestic Goddess" , has really intrigued me and I am providing you all with a link to her ice cream entry.

For the Love of Ice Cream

As well, while on a search of 'all Canadian ingredients' her page popped up again with another stunning picture for Canada Day. See it at Taste canada is here!

The point I am trying to make is that there is a rich variety of Canadians, all interested in food. Some of them, including "The Domestic Goddess", go to a great deal of effort to be innovative and to focus on Canada and Canadian foods.

I do wonder what they would think if they knew what some companies are really using as their ingredients? Do Canadians care that ice cream is not made out of real cream?

Then there is the recent series of letters to the editor (Toronto Star July 8, 11, 2006) expressing their concern over the unavailability of Canadian grown strawberries. The answers given to these consumers, who would like to buy local , has misdirected the people who cared enough to write to the Toronto Star. (http://www.thestar.com/ )

Members of the public really need to understand why local strawberries are NOT in their store for them to buy (retail distribution) and why local would cost so much more (would it really?), as a produce manager told them. (see http://dariblawgextras.blogspot.com/ )

The food system is a huge mystery to consumers. Without a background in agriculture or a place to find factual information, they are easily misled by the uninformed. Hence a concern over local strawberries not available in a store becomes a greenbelt story. The issues are all about the modern food distribution system, food politics and the retail bottom line.

Agriculture and farmers need to charge up to the plate on this one, fast!