Food Freedom day has come and gone for most Canadians.
This year it took just 43 days from January 1st of this year to February 12th, to acquire the income needed to cover annual food expenses
But for local farmers and others, they are still struggling to make enough from the agricultural operations to put food on the table for their own families.
Ontario Federation of Agriculture President Betty Jean Crews tells Bayshore Broadcasting News on average, only 27 per cent of the cost of an entire weeks worth of groceries for a family of four goes back to the farms where the food is produced.
She says while the prices Ontarians pay for food has been steadily increasing over the past 30 years, the farmers share is relatively small.
Crews says part of the problem is there are only few large Grocery store companys in Canada and they basically set the price they are going to pay for a farmers product.
She says another impediment to farmers getting a fair price for their products is the cost of regulation to ensure that the food they are producing is safe to eat.
Crews says all of that costs farmers money, and when they have no way to recoup that expense from the market place, then that places the whole industry at risk.