Growing Good Food Ideas Video: The Greater Algoma
Posted: August 2, 2012
Categories: GoodFoodBites / Growing Good Food Ideas / Videos
The Greater Algoma is more than just rocks and snow! This video produced in cooperation with The Algoma Food Network proves it. You might be surprised to learn that it has a thriving agricultural sector, one ripe with opportunity due to lower start up costs, diverse soil types, and both local and global markets hungry for their products such as fresh produce in season and maple syrup (the region produces 15% of the province’s supply). Sault Ste. Marie is the largest city in this expansive region and innovative approaches to growing food such as crop rotation suggest that The Greater Algoma is certainly a region where a more localized food system is a real possibility. A pleasant rural lifestyle and close proximity to nearby buyers in Sault Ste. Marie add to this region’s potential for attracting new farmers.