Happy Thanksgiving!

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Some thoughts to keep in mind if you  are  planning your Thanksgiving meal for  later today, or to ponder if you are having some leftovers from a feast on the weekend.

According to the latest stats available , in 2005,  Canadian poultry farms  produced 155,000 metric tonnes of  turkey.  That was a 7.1% increase over the previous year.

Chances are you will feature some of the top Canadian grown vegetables with that Turkey.

The top seven are:

1. potatoes
2. sweet corn
3. peas
4. beans
5. tomatoes
6. carrots
7. pumpkin

That number 7 veggie, the pumpkin is the fastest growing  vegetable in Canada.  In 2001, pumpkin crops were worth  $22 million dollars, but thats small potatoes compared to the value of  the spud crops in the same year, their value was $961 million.

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