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Pick Fact
Cabbage season begins: in late
Jane for red and green summer
varieties (for immediate con-
sumption)
on .sumption) and runs to :earIy
November when the 'winter'
varieties aro hi harvested. Stored
aiwinte�r cabbage is available all
winter.. - .. ,
`potatoesare surpassed only by
mushrooms and field tomatoes.
as fu's- most valuable veg-
etable
e -etable crop
Depending on type, Ontario,:
onions are harvested f eom early
Joel° Iecetnber.
Ontario's carrot harvest beings
in mid-July and extends to early
December, but modern storage
-systems ensure they're available
all year.
Most Ontario -grown cabbage.. is
sold fresh, about 20 per centis
for processing: -
Ontario nectarines are available
in quantity in supermarkets 1Or�
the first . time, and can also be
obtained directly from growers,
'farmers' markets, roadside
stands or pick your own opera-
tions.
Shopping for Health
Fits and vegetables . are the
cornerstone. of •a .well-balanced
diet. Thetomato,vine-ripened,
sun -drenched, eaten within min
ings
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things such as quality feed, a fresh bed of straw, fresh air, a clean
stall, and plenty of exercize keep animals happy and keep. them
producing Os all the, tittle things you do on a daily basis that
des the difference," said McNeill
'We are all animal welfa .ts,:' said Magee, °'pan d we all have an
obligation to properly raise animals.. we have to make: sure we
take the.'welfa o of animals into consideration and we have to be
aware of what we are doing and what it looks like to the. pub1ic
.1f one, farmer is mistreating his animals," said Magee, it is a
black eye for the entire farming community.".
Deb Stark, who is the director of laboratory services at
University. of Guelph and a member - of the Council of
Veterinarians of Ontario, says the key to OFAc's success in the
battle against rnisinformation' rests with their continued emphasis
on educating people about the issues. .
She said OFAC has to continue" being, upfront about the fact
everything isnot 100 per cent in agriculture, and to maintain a
message that people have to understand all the information before
they condemn current agricultural practices.
Stark agreed there are several organizations that have stated
agendas to attack animal agriculture, but she said she believes the
average person is still very supportive of farmers acid agriculture.
"l. don't think there is any massive campaign to get us out of
farming," she, said. But she adds it is still extremely important to
answer false accusations that meat is unhealthy, that raising ani-
mals pollutes the environment and that animal agriculture is cruel.
individual howthey;think animals
She said each rnust� decide -
should, be used in ° today's society, but it is just asimportant that
groups such as OFAC ensure those individual -decisions are well-
utes of plucking, represents` one
of life's great sensual. pleasures,
But field tomatoes are avail-
able only two 'to three months
each year. For the remainder,
fans are forced to settle for the
supermarket variety: pale to the
eye, bland to the taste.
Through biotechnology,
tomatoes have<been developed
which ripen on the vine and
then stay ripe ,longer, giving a
just -picked taste in mid -winter.
The same technology is,
being used on other fruits such
as peachet, bananas, and straw-
berries. Fruits and vegetables
with higher levels of certain
nutrients such as vitamin C and
E and beta. carotene' are also in
the. works. The result is tastier,
-Mere nutritious choices for the ,
consumer. (Source: Agri -Food
Network)
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