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Archive for November, 2008

Photo: “Wearable Feedbags” (video) 
Now here’s a headline to grab your attention: “Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat Without Effort!”
That’s right! As soon as I stop laughing maybe I’ll think of something to add. But, maybe nothing more is required. WATCH THIS VIDEO. We all knew it could come to this! It’ll make your day!
AND while you’re on this website, [...]

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A Chocolate Dress!

Photo: Model Courtney Murphy poses in a Bernard Callebaut-inspired chocolate dress creation by fashion designer Paul Hardy
Here’s a dress that’s good enough to eat! Literally! Organic too! This dress Paul Hardy designed using Bernard Callebaut chocolate. The dress was created for a Paris fashion show and the Bernard Callebaut Chocolate 25th Anniversary Celebration. Would anyone like a bite?

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Photo: Coquitlam Farmers’ Market
Attention: Farmers’ Market Fans! North Shore markets may be closed for the season, but you can still find markets “open for business” ALL WINTER outside the city. The Coquitlam Farmers’ Market website offers dates and locations for other “winter farmers’ markets,” namely, in Port Moody.
Have look! For “fresh bread, baked goods, produce, meat, fish, [...]

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Photo: Organic Whistler Pocket Chocolate, ”Dark” front and back label

Whistler Pocket Chocolate is back in Vancouver stores! Though Whistler Villiage and Blackcomb continued with an UNinterrupted supply the past few months, these organic bars have been missing locally. A manager in the IGA Marketplace in Dundarave told me recently (after my repeated pleas for more) that [...]

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Photo: small farmers in Nairobi, Kenya with organic yield
The United Nations has released a major study with a surprising conclusion: “Organic farming could feed Africa.”
Here’s an excerpt:

“Traditional practices increase yield by 128 per cent in east Africa, says UN Organic farming offers Africa the best chance of breaking the cycle of poverty and malnutrition it has been locked [...]

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