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NDP pushes $250,000 ‘Buy Nova Scotia’ campaign

The province needs a “Buy Nova Scotia” campaign to help struggling farmers, the NDP says.

NDP Leader Darrell Dexter proposes spending $250,000 on an ad campaign to encourage Nova Scotians to buy local produce and meat.

Dexter said the governing Tories have promised a similar campaign four times in the last eight years, but failed to follow up on it.

First of all, you’ve got to spend money to make money, and I think $250,000 isn’t enough. I think they need at least a million. Mind you, I don’t exactly know how much 250k gets you as far as advertising goes. I’d think you need more than that, though. I just think of all the BC Fresh logos I’d see around Safeway when I worked there, and there must’ve been more than $250k spent on that.

And second?

The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture backs the proposal.

The group’s vice-president, Willie Versteeg, said the province currently makes it difficult for local producers or processors to sell to hospitals, jails or nursing homes.

“There’s a whole bureaucracy, it seems, that prides itself in throwing up obstructions to buying local,” Versteeg said.

Less than half of the food consumed in Nova Scotia is produced here, according to the federation.

This is something that need to be changed EVERYWHERE. I’d like to see statistics for consumption/production for every province. I think with all the crap we eat nowadays, supporting our local economy is a good reason to start eating more fresh produce instead of processed crap from some factory that may be located either out of the province, or even the country.

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