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The group anticipates more than 1,000 participants for September of this year, a month in which even Canadians can eat locally fairly easily (in February, not so much).One way in which people are getting local food to their tables is by joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group, in which participants buy shares in a farm and receive regular deliveries of produce."The farmers get steady injections of cash ...
which really helps farmers grow a lot of different kinds of crops," says Maiser.(To find a CSA near you, go to www.spcottawa.on.ca/ofsc, where you'll also find an interactive guide of food producers in the Ottawa area, as well as a calendar of when various fruits and vegetables are in season.)But more traditional farmers markets are flourishing, too, and not only for the fresh, seasonal produce.
As consumers begin to visit these local establishments they learn that food has a history and a taste, and that there are other members of their communities, from amateur growers to professional farmers, who are eager to talk about the food on display.
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