Kim Cooper says with more than 70 crops grown in Chatham-Kent, it’s up to us to encourage the stores to
“The large supermarket’s marketing decisions are made out of the head offices in Toronto. What they say applies down here at the local level. If you don’t see local food in the supermarkets, go tell the store manager. Put pressure on them to get some local foods in the stores – that’s how we’re going to have to do it,” explains Cooper.
Cooper says things like onions, tomatoes, and carrots are Chatham-Kent largest agricultural money-maker, which benefits both area farmers and the municipality’s economy.