The trend toward buying Canadian has created a temporary silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo, B.C., which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. 

Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a food recovery program allows them to accept surplus or unsold items from their grocery store partners and wholesalers.

He says when the talk of tariffs between Canada and the United States started, they saw a jump in donations of American pro…