Another reason to buy local
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I wouldn't trust any US-owned produce of I was Canadian. I had corn in the husk the other day and it tasted like chemicals in the bottom, which has never happened before. It was likely insecticide at too high a dose based on looking it up.
Sorry, Canada. We suck more than usual at the moment.
Does Canada not test the food coming in? That's a bit scary.
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Driscoll does not grow a single berry. They are a genetic bank of seed stocks that contract farms to grow berries year around. By contracting, they have plausible deniability about pesticides in the berries.
Have you noticed you can now buy berries year around?
And why isn't CFIA checking food? That's their job.
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More Perfect Union did a piece on them
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Many grocery stores in the states ONLY sell Driscoll
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They also taste like water
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Partner and I go out of our way to avoid Driscoll's. We used to eat a lot more of their stuff but stopped a few years ago. Very thankful that in the past few months, our local groceries seem to be pulling in other brands and sources. We buy and support every chance we can to send a message. Genuinely, just last week we passed Strawberries that were 75% off and left them on the shelf.
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Mods, delete post if you want, and I can post elsewhere.
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