Making it in Canada

POPPY SEED STRUDEL

Canada is a major producer, exporter and importer of an immense variety of agricultural and food products ranging from processed foods with global value chains to local, farm-based value chains.  In this section, we share 3 of our research insights and assess to what extent our recipe can be made from Canadian agricultural and food products.

First, the production of poppy seed is mainly located in Eastern, Western, and Central Europe; Canada does not produce poppy seeds. One of the biggest controversies surrounding the production of this flower is that they contain opium when raw, and traces when cooked, (Asia Times Online, 2005). Thus, raw poppy seeds can be abused as a drug, and foods containing poppy seeds can give false drug tests; in some countries it has been prohibited

Second, from our value analysis we discovered that most countries which produce wheat have a dry climate; this is said to be the best climate for wheat growth. Countries with hot and humid climates rely heavily on wheat imports from these countries.

Last, only countries located near the equator produce cocoa beans because, unlike wheat, they require a hot, humid, climate for optimal growth; e.g. Central and Southern American, Central Africa, and South and West Asia. Therefore, Canada is not a producer, and countries with dry, cold climates import their cocoa beans from these countries.

In summary, ten of the twelve ingredients we needed are produced in Canada, while the other two can be purchased without much difficulty. None of the ingredients were unavailable, and required us to make substitutions.

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