By Dr. David Collings, ND
Thankfully the outrageous tariffs from our neighbours to the south have been postponed, but we still expect them to arrive. Even if they don’t, now more than ever is a good time to choose to support local Canadian-made and Canadian-produced products.
First and foremost, get your meat & produce from a local farm. Stop buying beef from the USA or worse, from Brazil that deforests the Amazon. There are plenty of local ethically raised meat options around. I personally use Wild Meadows Farms ( https://wildmeadowsfarm.ca/ ) for all my free range organic meat (frozen buy in bulk) orders. Mike & his family who run Wild Meadows do a great job. There are lots of other options like the organic Angus beef up the road at Thorganic Farms ( http://www.thorganicfarms.ca/ ).
Then there are lots of local farm veggie delivery services (which I have discussed in blog posts before) like Eat Impact (https://www.eatimpact.ca ) or Oddbunch (https://www.oddbunch.ca ) – or of course visit the beautiful Alliston farmers market on Saturdays during the summer. Sadly, in our climate it is near impossible to eat local fruit & veg year round, but try your best! In the grocery store in winter there are still lots of Ontario greenhouse grown products available, check the labels/ stickers on your produce , and be sure to choose Canadian brands for your packaged greens- like Good Leaf (out of Guelph, ON) for things like spinach/ salad green mixes.
For a more thorough list of Canadian made and Canadian products you can visit: https://madeinca.ca/grocery-store-guide
For buying anything else (gifts, furniture, clothing, etc.) please check out: https://www.madelocalgroup.ca, a free website where you can search & find various products made in Canada.
Local environmental & economic health directly impacts out personal health, so lets do our part to do everything we can!
You can book an appointment with Dr. David Collings, ND online or by contacting the South Simcoe Physio Alliston clinic.