5 Ways to Make Your Cross-Border Shopping Easier. With a high Canadian dollar and cheaper prices in the USA, many Canadians cross the border to do a little grocery shopping.
This has been made even more attractive since at the beginning of June, the amount that Canadians could bring home duty-free was raised considerably. After a 24-hour stay, one can now bring back $200 worth of products from the former $50, and after 48 hours one is entitled to return with a whopping $800 worth of merchandise. What’s the advantage of shopping in the USA besides the prices? I always enjoy discovering new products, and sometimes I find things that I can’t otherwise buy at home. It’s also a good thing to expand your horizons a little and try new foods!
Thinking of doing a little cross border grocery shopping but not entirely sure what you can bring back home? 1. Products in the USA may look the same as in Canada, but often the ingredients are different. 2. 3. Some products aren’t that much cheaper, and likely not really worth the trip. 4. 5. Common Ground Community Farm. Get Local. Get Local is a community of BC food producers, businesses, and groups working together to promote eating locally in the Metro Vancouver area.
Get Local offers education about the benefits of eating locally, a growing list of businesses that are producing and selling local food, and a wealth of other resources to help you “Get Local.” Think “LOCAL” and “BC” first. Enjoy the bounty our province offers. Your consumer dollar can help create a healthy food system for British Columbia – now and for the future. Visit our WHERE and HOW pages for more information. Our goals: to educate consumers in Metro Vancouver about the benefits of eating locally direct consumers to businesses selling and serving local food in Metro Vancouver work with business alliance members to increase their procurement of local foods help create long-term systemic changes in consumer habits work with government, businesses and other organizations to increase supply and distribution opportunities Partners & Supporters: Farm Folk City Folk. C.S.A. is a program of mutual commitment between a farm and a community of supporters.
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Another name for White Peony Tea is “Bai Mu Dan” in China, because the green leaves on the tea tree are just budding, like the leaves unfurling when they are brewed. The appearance of White Peony is broad, stretched leaves with a celadon color and a silvery tip. When brewed, the leaves of the Bai Mu Dan brew up a clear bright apricot colored liquor that has a fresh, mellow and sweet flavor that has no sharpness or astringency. White Peony has many health benefits, including stress relief, weight loss, anti-oxidants to protect your body from toxins and free radicals, and much more. This makes white tea one of the healthiest drinks in the world. Preparing White Peony Tea with a Teapot Choose an ideal teapot: The ideal teapot will be made out of ceramic or glass.
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