Why are veggies so expensive? Consumers crunched by climbing cucumber costs

CBC: A quick scan of grocery store websites on Wednesday shows current regular prices for a single cucumber are anywhere from $2.99 at a St. John’s Sobeys, and $2.99 at a Toronto Metro to $2.50 at a Vancouver Loblaws.

The problem with cucumbers is we don’t have a very diverse supply of them in Canada, and they’re highly perishable. That makes them especially susceptible to production shortages, said Michael von Massow, a food agriculture professor at Ontario’s University of Guelph…

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