Sow Good: A series that looks at eating well, affordably

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Sow Good: How you can skip the store to save costs on produce 鈥� and still eat well in Simcoe County

A series looking at affordable ways to eat well in our communities.

By Metroland Staff Simcoecom

May 14, 2025

Article was updated May 16, 2025

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Sow听Good: how you can skip the store to save costs on produce听鈥� and still eat well in Simcoe County.
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As grocery prices climb and food insecurity grows, some are looking for affordable ways to eat well in our communities. What if the solution to eating well wasn鈥檛 just in what we buy 鈥� but in what we grow, share, or preserve together? 鈥淪ow Good: how you can skip the store to save costs on produce 鈥� and still eat well in Simcoe County鈥� explores the quiet revolution happening in backyards, basements, balconies, and boulevards: a return to sustainable, local food rooted in community.

As reporters noticed their own grocery bills growing and growing, we spoke with dietitians, food banks, local growers, and food security advocates to find better — and cheaper — ways of feeding our families.

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