Affordability is one of the most important issues facing voters ahead of the June 2nd election.
While housing makes up a large part of the discussion, gas prices and the price of food are also key in our day-to-day lives. And the two are closely linked.
Peggy Brekveld, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture tells us farmers have been hit hard by the surge in the price of gas.
Brekveld says to avoid increasing prices more than need be, farmers eat some of the costs.
She added fuel costs go hand in hand with how they grow food.
Brekveld also has some advice on where we can save.
But some increases are unavoidable. Growing food costs money, and when gas prices increase, so does the cost of planting, harvesting and transporting their products.
She’s hopeful a good harvest will ease financial burdens and keep food prices from rising even more, and adds that one way for consumers to help keep costs down is to buy local whenever possible.