In Canada, the Public Health Agency estimates that chronic diseases cost Canadians $190 billion annually. Yet we only spend 5.1% of total health expenditure on public health activities that promote healthy lifestyles and prevention of long-term chronic conditions. Behavioral patterns, such as diet and lifestyle, have been show to have...

If Doritos can become certified organic, what does “organic” mean anymore?When the organic movement first appeared it was in direct response to the Green Revolution. Our agricultural system was quickly becoming industrialized, centralized and chemicalized. With no way to know if your food was grown naturally or grown on a...

We dropped off some of our edible flowers this week at the Black Cauldron in Nelson. They specialize in very fancy cocktails and food. They use edible flowers in most of their dishes and cocktails to enhance their presentation. Why do they consider presentation to be so important?Because if something...

Two deer who live in our back field have been sneaking into our garden under the cover of night and sampling our zucchini, beans, baby sunflowers and tomato plants. I can’t really blame them though. We are growing food after all.Deer are of course just one of many animals that...