Picturesque scenes of apple tree blossoms against the backdrop of Okanagan Lake may no longer exist as fruit packing houses in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley are packing up themselves.
In June 2008, the operations of four grower-owned packinghouses: Okanagan North Growers Cooperative, BC Fruit Packers Cooperative, Sun Fresh Cooperative Growers, and Okanagan Similkameen Cooperative [...]
The life of a battery hen is a harsh one. It is chickens like this who lay the eggs you buy in the supermarket. Unhealthy, featherless and weak. Is this a healthy food choice when the chickens are in this state?
Thankfully there is the Little Hen Rescue in Norfolk, England.
It all started with [...]
Subway sandwiches are often touted as being healthy fast food, but are they really?
Bnet.com has an interesting article which you might want to read before you order. First of all, the bread is made with sodium stearoyl lactylate and ammonium sulfate, which are used as a dough conditioners, and azodicarbonamide, a bleaching chemical most commonly [...]
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Milk in Canada is getting more expensive to buy and more expensive for cheesemakers and others in the dairy industry. Why is this a concern? Food security is a green issue.
Currently, Canada does not have a national framework to deal with the dairy industry. Unlike the U.S., Canada has a quota system which used to [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Europe does buy genetically modified (GM) canola – referred to as rapeseed oil.
The European Union did relax the moratorium on genetically modified canola, and at least one freighter of gm canola was bound for Europe from Canada in October.
In Australia, Gene Ethics has been trying to pressure processing companies like Grain [...]
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Now is a good time to plan your spring garden and select some seeds to grow.
The Seed and Plant Santuary for Canada is a charitable organization founded by Salt Spring Seeds which allows a member access to five varieties of seeds from their databases which include rare and heirloom species – everything from tomatoes to [...]
Saputo and Kraft are pursuing their appeal against the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to uphold regulations that requires Canadian cheese to contain milk from Canadian cows.
Cheese regulations that came into effect in December 2008 require dairy processors to use more fluid milk to produce cheese by limiting or prohibiting the use of milk ingredients [...]
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What’s with SISU? They make great vitamins, but I’m kind of disturbed to read about some of their products like “Ecomer Shark Liver Oil” and “GLS 500mg + Shark Cart” (read shark cartilage).
Doesn’t SISU know that sharks are dwindling in numbers?
According to Oceana, sharks are being exploited for their liver oil in unsustainable numbers [...]
Just yesterday, it was announced by BC’s Minister of Healthy Living and Sport that the province will be the first in Canada to ban trans fats from restaurants.
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s website, “…a trans fat is made when manufacturers add hydrogen to vegetable oil–a process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation increases the shelf [...]
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I just tried out a new facial exfoliant the other day by Green Beaver and as you can see by the packaging, it has some bamboo bits with grapefruit. Not only does it have just a slight satisfying smell but you only need a tiny bit to do the trick. Two parents who were both [...]
