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Collected Item: “Local Grain Supply and Curbside Pick-up Setup”

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Local Grain Supply and Curbside Pick-up Setup

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

photograph

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Photograph taken while parked outside the Ottawa Valley Grain company waiting for our order to be delivered from inside the mill to our car. With the increase in interest in back-to-basics hobbies like baking (especially bread) it is near impossible to get any kind of flour in grocery stores or large online suppliers. While they too have been sold out at intervals, this company of local grain producers milling their own goods, has been offering large bags of a variety of flours during this time.
The sign on the left reads "Ottawa Valley Grain/ ONLINE ORDER PICK UP HERE/ ONLINE ORDER PICK UP PARKING" followed by their phone number to call when you arrive to let them know you're there.
The one on the right "Thank You/ Ottawa Valley Grain/ For Still Working/ During This Hard Time"

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

grain, baking, bread, hobbies, supply chain

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Hope Gresser

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2020-05-08
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