Photo: Le Whif Cocoa Puffer
Love organic chocolate but hate the calories? Well, Harvard professor David Edwards is your new best friend! Edwards has invented a pipe which lets you LITERALLY inhale chocolate. Here’s more from Gadget Lab:
[This] “cigarette-like chocolate inhaler allows users to take a puff of their favorite treat whenever they want. The product, called Le Whif, is [...]
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Le Whif Chocolate Inhaler
Posted in Other News! on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Animals on Your Plate?
Posted in Other News! on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: illustration from Farm Forward
“Can we talk?” This line, made famous by comedian Joan Rivers, could well apply to Eating Animals, a new book by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book–part memoir, part expose—is billed as “the most important book on animal agriculture in decades.” Why? “Because no other honest account of animal agriculture has ever [...]
Singing Pumpkins!
Posted in Other News! on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: assorted pumpkins from Tree Hugging Family
It’s that time of year again! Pumpkins galore! Those grown organically might be a bit more expensive than conventional, but here’s the upside (from “Should you buy an organic pumpkin for Halloween?”):
“Support [for] organic agriculture and the ongoing good health of farmers and farm workers.
Support for healthy rivers, soil, [...]
Chocolate Lovers, Rejoice!
Posted in Other News! on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: West Coast Chocolate Festival photo in Vancouver SUN
Source: Handout for West Coast Chocolate Festival
If you love chocolate, then today’s a big day! Today’s the start of the West Coast Chocolate Festival. The Festival used to be ONLY in the TriCity area of Coquitlam, Port Moody, and Port Coquitlam, but this year Burnaby and Vancouver have been added. From [...]
‘Buy Local’ Bandwagon
Posted in Other News! on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Charts: illustrations for Toronto Globe and Mail’s “Food giants hop ‘buy local’ bandwagon”
“Buy Local” has definitely “arrived”! Even food giants like Loblaw are hopping on the wagon. Why? Consumers, more and more, want “local” (and “organic”). That means “money to be made.” Check out today’s Globe and Mail for more survey results (of what consumers want to [...]
