I have just read with horror that the idea of slapping gst on food is being seriously considered by two Canadian economists.

I was originally going to post this in Politics, but since I'm really just looking for advice from anyone else who's tried growing veggies under less-than-ideal conditions, I thought "social" would be appropo.

Here's what makes it political:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/02/24/gst-food-economists.html