Joining the Farm Girl fun this week. All winter we have been watching a couple flocks of wild turkey. Our field up the highway has literally close to 100 turkeys. There have been a few hanging out here, but down by the swamp. Well this is what happened the week Ella and I were away.
They are getting really brave/hungry. Colin took this picture from the living room (you can see the greenhouse). Colin’s hoping they all move along when spring arrives. We don’t need them eating the crops.
There have been a few neat farm related things floating around Facebook lately. I thought I’d share this one. It really speaks the truth about local, farm businesses.
I’m not sure if Loblaws is in the States, but I’m sure my Canadian readers have heard the stupidity uttered by Galan Weston lately. Long story short, he said farmers’ markets were going to kill somebody and we should all buy just from him. Needless to say he’s getting an earful from the Farmers’ Market community.
It’s hard to believe Galen when, right now, most of the fruit and vegetables in Loblaws (No Frills, etc) come from very questionable countries like Mexico, instead of from Canada and the US.
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OMG, that is actually so pathetic that it is funny!! The head of a supermarket chain saying that Farmer’s Markets are dangerous!! Hey, Galen, if you can’t take the heat get out of the kitchen!! LOL!!
I like the small business motto! 🙂 Good luck with the turkeys!
It gets even funnier when you find out that MapleLeaf just paid out their settlement for all the people they poisoned/killed with the listeria outbreak 4 years ago. And where was that meat sold…?
I read that in the local newspaper also. I don’t buy much from Loblaws ( Superstore) because most meats and vegetables there come from foreign countries. Paula I though of you and Colin the other day when I saw Pork tenderloin on sale at Superstore. USA grade. I put it back down. Why when our pork producers are struggling here in Canada? I was in there for my parents getting Swiss Cheese. can’t find it anywhere this time of the year.
No Frills is basically our only grocery choice (can’t afford Metro). It’s really annoying that most meat at most grocery stores is American. Most people don’t know that. I’m lucky that Colin takes pigs to the butcher every week. I just get him to bring home the beef we need.
I am so glad you shared this post of Farmgirl Friday. I am very sorry to hear that our sister nation Canada has many of the same BIG AG woes as America. I had not heard of Loblaws before your posting, but I am sure going to find out exactly who they are.
I hope your gobblers move on to greener pastures soon and you have a bountiful harvest.
If you ever get the chance- here are a few really interesting books to read about the truth of what’s going on in big ag today: Michael Pollan’s books- The Omnivore’s Dilemma & In Defense of Food, and Barbara Kingsolver’s book The Animal, Vegetable Miracle. I am a 40 year old college student studying plant biology, crop science, and forestry so I am up to date on most of the genetic engineering science and the like, and it’s the chemical systemics being used today in IPM that seem to me to be the most immediate danger as they are being employed everywhere, and are concentrating in our food and water. We ARE what we eat. I think a local farmer’s market is the only option, if you cannot grow it yourself.