Photo: the summer food garden at the Garden Path Centre. (Carolyn Herriott/Photographer)
Never mind the “100-Mile Diet” for your organics! Try your own backyard instead! That’s the latest. Here’s what writer and organic gardener Carolyn Herriott says:
“…people are increasingly looking to their own backyards rather than supermarket shelves for their fresh produce. If they don’t have a [...]
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The New “Zero Mile Diet”!
Posted in Where to From Here? on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Capers Mural “Photo Bombed”!
Posted in Where to From Here? on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: Capers (Dundarave) mural “photo bombed” by the Alberta squirrel currently an Internet sensation!
What’s “photo bombing”?‘ That’s invading someone else’s photo without their permission or knowledge. The back story for this particular squirrel is this: an Alberta couple was snapping away with an automatic camera when a curious squirrel popped up near the camera to have [...]
Why Grow Food?
Posted in Where to From Here? on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: HotBeds illustration featured online
Here’s a quote from Grow Some Food (HotBeds) : “Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.” (Barbara Kingsolver) If you want ORGANIC food, there’s one way at least to guarantee organic: GROW your own FOOD! Even in a city or urban environment, that’s possible—and many are doing just that these [...]
Franken-Food Humor!
Posted in Where to From Here? on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: “mock” Monsanto–literally and figuratively–packaging, currently circulating Internet
This Monsanto “mock” packaging is of course meant to be humorous, but many consumers are IN FACT buying AND eating Genetically Modified (though NOT so blatantly labelled) food. The witty packaging shown above reminds us ALL to pay attention to what we buy and what we eat. Read labels. Go for ‘organic’ whenever [...]
Plastic vs. Paper Conundrum!
Posted in Where to From Here? on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photo: paper versus plastic grocery bags
Which is better for the environment, paper or plastic? The answer may surprise you!
Here’s an excerpt from Treehugger:
“ Neither. Both are bad. However, strange as it might seem, plastic wins the number crunching to beat paper, two to one, in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). But ask that tall guy pictured [below], [...]
