Awe thanks, that is very sweet of you! It probably worked, they are pretty on the ball.
I do my best to support local shops across Alberta. I haven't worked much the last year so I'm still pretty limited but I get around in small communities too. Even if I get something online, it's still thru an Alberta shop, I was always like that tho even before the pandemic. Local tourism in the Rockies helps too (when we are not on lockdown although if I know someone near-by where I can stay, I'll go despite the lockdowns..oops, you didn't hear that...haha), they have been slothered over the last year. If you stick to outdoor activities like hiking , I don't see the harm. THEY CAN"T CLOSE THE OUTSIDE. I'm all about loopholes!
Nice and i glad you were not adding to the crazy before al the craze happened. The loops holes are defiantly their and open to be used. They cannot stop the fire. It was always burring.....
Yup, they don't call us rednecks for nothing...lol
Actually, as a contract worker in the oil and energy I meet many many people as I always move around and so does everyone else, there are a lot of outside hobbies like farming and bee keepers, stuff like that I come across all kinds of stuff and it supports a buddy and his family directly. It's often cheaper to buy direct and avoid the store and better quality. We are pretty grass root in nature here, even in the city.
Nice. Moving and traveling to many places you get to know the area for what is produced. Much better quality when buying form the people who make it at their site and sell to those who are willing to support local community. No GmO high fructose corns syrup in those yummy bee hives. I was at a farm today sourcing a few food things. The food from the farmer is much better tasting then most store junk imports.
Indeed it taste much better! Just like my easter turkey, came from a farm and was picked up the day before the smoking from the BBQ house, it's sooo much better. Same for the honey, each pollen types produces a different taste and color, when you start to taste a few you can notice it between batches. I replaced much of my sugar in cooking with local honey. If you look around, especially in Turner Valley and south of the province , you can get farmed elk, farmed bison, local beef and so on for sale directly from them and like full legit licensed to do so. Farmers markets are a good place too for veggies, not so much now but in the harvest season, you can get good deals.
Indeed i came form the Okanagan valley where each region had different honey. All very different deepening on time of the season and region. The farm i was at had all the meats and eggs to be acquired for supply, good price and good people. Makes supporting a family directly such a better way of transacting. I am looking forward to the pick up date to eat more of what they have produced. I am in the north area.