[Growwine] Interesting article re: grapes vs tree fruits in the Okanagan

[Paul Bulas]

Ryan, you have a point.
 
It's just that an idealist like me would rather that the return to these serious forms of local fruit farming would take place in our day and age, right now, rather than when conditions make people do it.  Importing specialty fruits and things from abroad that cannot be cultivated here is of course perfectly good and proper; but outsourcing our food - things that CAN and have been grown successfully - just because it's cheaper for now, never mind the havoc it wreaks for our own growers, seems totally stupid.  We have a great continent and our culture would do well to reconnect with our land and its fruits.



----- Original Message ----
From: Ryan <ryan.daum at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 2:17:37 PM
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At some point (many decades away possibly) I think the practice of "dumping" of Chinese, etc. apples in the Canadian market will become uneconomical.  This will happen when oil & other transport costs rise too high and also when Chinese labour costs begin to rise and their currency value begins to rise.  If this happens I hope maybe we'll see the return of serious apple & other fruit growing in places like Ontario's Northumberland County, Meaford area, and in B.C.

But that might be too optimistic.

Ryan


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:05 PM, melissa lounsbury <baileyandtrent2 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

A very interesting story ,but a hard one to swallow, but like you say why not hard cider.Maurice. 




----- Original Message ----
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Subject: [Growwine] Interesting article re: grapes vs tree fruits in the Okanagan


"Apple business is tough
B.C. tree fruit growers bristle as onslaught of vineyards sweeps through their turf"

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=649279


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