Gardening is gaining popularity in Canada amid rising food prices, according to a recent survey.
The survey, done by Angus Reid and Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, found that 52 percent of Canadians are already growing food at home, up one percent from 2020. Of these, 9 percent started gardening after the pandemic began.
Although 17 percent of respondents used to grow food but don’t anymore, 8 percent of Canadians say they’ll grow food at home this year for the first time. This suggests that more than one million of Canada’s nearly 14 million households will make the change. Urban residents comprise 85 percent of new gardeners, and 46 percent are under 35 years of age.
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