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Food and Agriculture in Atlantic Canada

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Atlantic Canada is the world's largest producer of frozen french fries, as it is 43% of their entire agriculture food exports. Atlantic Canada makes about $342,200,000 in revenue from this product alone. Behind potatoes comes their wild blueberries, which is the largest export of the kind in the continent. They also fund the continent in carrots. Most people don't know it, but Atlantic Canada created the first ever chocolate bar. Chocolate confectionary continues to be one of their main exports at 3.1% with $24,600,00 in revenue. But this is just agri-food. Seafood is their biggest food industry, with lobster leading at 30.4% with a whopping $471,100,000 revenue and crab, shrimp and many others not far behind.

Source: A Guide to Atlantic Canadian Agri-Food, Seafood and Beverage Products http://atn-riae.agr.ca/supply/atlantic-e.htm

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