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Une communauté dédiée à l'achat de produits Canadiens.
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What I've been trying to do with food items directly from farmers, is to see where they sell their products locally. Most are at farmer's markets (which aren't year-round) and others are at specialty shops that are even more out of the way.
Some things, I just bite the bullet and take some extra effort to go get. The Canadian yeast I bought for bread making had me bike over to the next municipality to pick up. Which I'm happy to do!
Yup, I've been doing this for certain (non-perishable goods and non-food consumables), but shelf-life and product type can make this difficult or impossible to do on a practical basis.
I am in the process of optimizing my pantry, and will do the same on a need-to basis with other areas of my life. I really only plan to buy things that I can reliably get locally or with little effort, while still supporting Canadian businesses.
I'm proud to say that I haven't given Walmart any of my money since the trade war began, despite being a place I would shop at multiple times a week.
I gave up Walmart and am shopping mainly at Longo's. I've shut out Best Buy for Canada Computers. Amazon has been a tough replacement though. I'm using well.ca but their selection isn't as expansive (as expected).
When my dad finally moves out of my house I think I'm going to try what you're recommending and getting stuff directly from farmers. It's something I should have done ages ago.
But free shipping over $35, which is VERY reasonable. I'll keep them bookmarked for future reference!