You can’t grow a lot of bananas or oranges in Canada.
Warm as the summers have been, we’re not exactly the right climate for growing tropical fruit. Nor are we able to grow leafy green vegetables outside in the middle of winter, or berries outside of a couple of months.
But supply chains and frozen foods allow us to have all these things all year round.
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