The Dire Consequences of Not Buying Ontario Garlic

Another artist/activist group I am a part of here in the city is The Dupont and Spadina Corner Collective (www.duspa.org). We had been noticing that there is very rarely any local garlic available in grocery stores or even in produce stands in Kensington Market, and we couldn't understand why, since we knew that Ontario farmers definitely grew garlic.

Then, NOW magazine published an article about how China was sneakily getting around the law systems that would allow Ontario garlic growers to have a fair chance in the stores by shipping their garlic to India and elsewhere and then shipping it here. Local growers cannot compete with the low prices that cloves from China are priced at, and so Ontario growers are bumped out of the market and can only sell in local farmers markets most of the time.

To get the word out about local garlic, we produced this quick informational video,(courtesy of Neil Cavalier)!

Garlic: Ontario's Oppressed Herb from Neil Cavalier on Vimeo.

Halloween themed, as NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT YOUR OWN GARLIC FOR NEXT SEASON!

Enjoy and be informed!

--Natalie