Major Christmas tree shortage expected in Ontario this holiday season Ontario ChristmasTree
"In 2008, people might not have expanded their farms because of the economy. And now we're looking at a shortage because it takes anywhere between eight to 12 years once a seedling goes in, to make it marketable," said Brennan.
"But what we're learning from [Statistics Canada] agricultural reports is from 2011 to 2021, we actually lost 20,000 acres of potential Christmas tree farms [due to] retirement or death and people are not taking over the farms. That's equivalent to 30 million trees," Brennen explained.that as the demand for Christmas trees continue to rise, so do costs.
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