It’s an annual tradition. Each year in March in Canada we celebrate Nutrition Month.
This year the theme is “Celebrate food…from field to table!” The campaign focuses on choosing locally produced food and foods grown in season.
The eggs found at grocery stores and farmers markets in Ontario certainly qualify as locally produced food. Although trade laws between Canada and the U.S.A require us to import a small percentage of eggs from our neighbours to the south (these eggs will be labeled as a product of the U.S.A.), the vast majority of the eggs in our grocery stores were laid by Ontario hens on Ontario egg farms owned and managed by Ontario farmers. There are about 350 egg farms in Ontario.
On cartons of eggs produced in Ontario (in fact, in Canada), you will see a maple leaf with Canada A inside it. This is your assurance of Grade A quality.
Click on the link to visit Dietitians of Canada’s website to learn more about Nutrition Month 2010.
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It is really great to have a Nutrition month because this is a nice event to promote people to have a healthy lifestyle.