It’s Food Freedom Day in Canada.
Executive Member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Keith Currie, says Food Freedom Day provides us with the perfect occasion to celebrate what we eat and the farmers who produce our food.
Designated by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Food Freedom Day marks the calendar date when the average Canadian will have earned enough income to pay the entire years grocery bill.
Currie says Canadians enjoy one of the lowest-cost food baskets in the world.
By comparison, Food Freedom Day in Iceland is in late February, while in Mexico it doesnt come until early March.
According to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadians only spent 11.8 per cent of their disposable income on food in 2011.
People in France spent 13.5 per cent of their disposable income to buy food and in Japan spent 14.2 per cent.
Currie says although prices fluctuate somewhat at the supermarket, Food Freedom Day has changed very little over the last few decades.
By comparison, he says we have to work until early July to pay our taxes in Canada.
