There was a time, not so long ago—the 1970s, in fact—when, outside of immigrant Italian households, cooking with fresh garlic in much of Canada was just about unheard of. It’s hard to imagine that now, since produce aisles are laden with every manner of exotic fruit and veg, from almost every imaginable place on the globe. And, sure, choice and variety are great, but all that shipping is bad for the planet and bad for local growers. So, in response to our growing curiosity and diversifying population, the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Vineland Station, Ontario, is developing new and exciting varieties so Canadian farmers can satisfy multicultural shoppers—right here at home. And, with much recent immigration coming from South Asia, Vineland responded by developing strains of long and…
