A container of honey proudly displays its Canadian farm origins. Trade tensions, with the U.S. threatening tariffs on Canadian products, has revived calls for Canadians to buy local and buy Canadian at the grocery store.

How to buy Canadian at the grocery store

“Buy local” and “buy Canadian” campaigns are spreading, thanks in no small part to friction with the U.S. around tariffs and a desire for grocery shoppers to support Canadian businesses

Fill your grocery cart with more Canadian-made and Canadian-grown food items. Here’s how to tell how Canadian some of those products actually are.




Great Tastes of Manitoba highlights how locally produced food gets from field to plate.

Local agriculture on the table with Great Tastes of Manitoba

Great Tastes of Manitoba highlights Manitoba’s wealth of agricultural production and the delicious things you can make with ingredients grown close to home

Great Tastes of Manitoba highlights Manitoba’s wealth of agricultural production and the delicious things you can make with ingredients grown close to home



A cereal crop gets harvested near Oakville in August.

Harvest meals, made quick and easy

Whether it’s on-the-go snacks for the kids or an easily portable meal that can be eaten in the field, these tips can keep the family fueled during harvest

Whipping up field suppers during harvest is no joke. Here are your next great meal tips.


Whole and half of cherry red plum with green leaves isolated on white background.

Welcome to stone fruit season

Whether you like them sweet or savoury, it’s time to enjoy seasonal peaches, nectarines and cherries

Stone fruit like peaches and cherries are a hallmark of summer menus. Here are tips and recipes to get the most out of them while they're still in season.



Chicken Teriyaki bowl ingredients, including chicken, radishes, sliced carrots and edamame beans.

Gourmet food in the field

Power bowls are quick, nutritious and full of flavour to keep the farmer going

Being busy on the farm doesn't mean meals have to be boring. Power bowls can be thrown together with whatever's on hand and are a tasty option for field lunches and rushed meals.

A variety of pulses offer opportunities in the kitchen.

Put Prairie pulses on your plate

Recipes: Pulse crops are a Prairie-grown nutrition powerhouse

Pulses are among the hidden treasures of the Prairies. Packed with protein, fibre and a wealth of health benefits, pulses like lentils, chickpeas, dry peas and dry beans are waiting to be discovered. Pulse versus legume The words pulse and legume are not interchangeable. Legume is the broad term for plants from the Fabaceae family.