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Photo: new “Ethical Kitchen” in North Vancouver, one block west of Capilano Mall
About the restaurant:
Ethical Kitchen, 1600 Mckay Rd. North Vancouver, (just behind indogo books off Marine Drive)
This information is provided by the owner of the Ethical Kitchen, Barbara Schellenberg:
“Our menu is 100% organic. Most ingredients are sourced locally. Anywhere we have the chance to substitute a local ingredient for [...]

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Photo: 1964 print by artist Rene Magritte called “The Son of Man”

It’s really happening! The North Shore is getting an organic food co-op!
Spring Crocus Community Market Co-Op is official. [See Crocus Cooperative Incorporated!] 
Opening date: September 2010, in time for the Olympics! This just in from “Adam” of “Them Apples” fame:
“The Board [of Directors for Crocus Co-Op] met in an [...]

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Playing with Food!

Photo: butterfly apple (artist unknown)

Photo: cauliflower and tomato/shepherd and flock (artist unknown)

Photo: watermelon scream! (artist unknown)

Photo: orange and tomato/jailer and the jailed (artist unknown)
These imaginatively humorous “playing with food” sculptures are circulating Internet today. No artist is identified for any of the photos.
Kudos to whoever!

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Bali Organics

Photo: Architectural Digest article about John Handy’s family compound
Jewelry-designer John Handy’s Bali home was shown recently on the HDTV–and wowie! This open air home on Bali is spectacular! But the real story is the sustainability incorporated into everything about living and working on this Bali compound. The compound includes organic farming, which not only feeds [...]

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GE Free BC

Photo: header on BC’s GE (Genenetic Engineered) Free, UNdo GE BLOG
Nigel Nigel Tunnacliffe is CEO of GE-Free Solutions, and a member of the Society for GE Free BC. Says Tunnacliffe:
“GE-Free Solutions is a social enterprise dedicated to providing food producers with support to become non-GE, and offering consumers with a choice as to whether they eat genetically [...]

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