Food Farm Direct

Besides checking out the local Farmer's Markets people in Vancouver can visit local farms to buy food farm direct.

The easiest farms to visit are in Richmond just south of Vancouver. When you drive along Steveston Highway you'll see farms with small roadside stands or markets with their home grown produce for sale.

Across the Port Mann bridge one can drive to farms in the Fraser Valley. A favourite fall activity is to visit the corn mazes. Adults and children alike enjoy getting lost in these massive corn fields.

As a Vancouverite I believe it is important to visit these farms to remind ourselves where our food comes from. Imagine buying a vine ripened tomato from a local grower and buying a tomato grown in Mexico. Just let this concept play through your mind a bit.

The tomato grown locally was allowed to ripen under the sun whereas the tomato from Mexico was probably picked "green" and was shipped thousands of miles.

Eat Fresh and Eat Local is better because you reduce your carbon footprint, plus you know where and how your food was grown.