Author Archive for: ‘Susan Pearse’
Salmon Confidential – A MUST Watch Documentary
When industrial food farms moved into the Fraser River in the early 1990′s there was a dramatic rise in parasitic sea lice on the tiny juvenile salmon that don’t normally carry sea lice and since then there has been a dramatic decline in the pacific salmon. The eco system …
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Food Codes – What Do They Mean?
Do you know what the UPC code means on fresh produce? It is a good thing to learn. Eating organic food means no pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used to grow the organic produce. Shopping for local organic produce is even better as it helps …
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You have to Experience Shopping at Ingredients Organic Market and Cafe in Victoria!
If you haven’t had the pleasure of shopping at Ingredients Organic Market, you need to give it a try. The store has a wonderful community, small town feeling and yet it is filled with over 450 bulk organic ingredients, organic dairy and meat products, superfoods …
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Staples Recycling Program Includes Pens!
Ever wonder what to do with old pens, highlighters, sharpie markers? Staples will take them and turn them into something new! It’s just one more item that they have added to the recycle list. They also take back for recycle, batteries, cell phones and beverage containers. …
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Vantreight Farms Organic Strawberries
I am making a salad with my delicious Vantreight Farms, Organic Strawberries. Why you ask would anyone spend $5.99 for a container of local, organic strawberries when the grocery store right up the street is selling twice the amount for $1.00? Because mine taste like …
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Need Any Gardening Tips?
When the sun shines I get so excited to walk around the garden and see what is coming up! The garlic is about 18 inches tall, the raspberries, strawberries and logan berries are just starting to show their leaves and the rhubarb is almost ready …
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Make a Donation… Make a Difference – Building Healthy Families (Best Babies Program)
Blanshard Community Centre’s Building Healthy Families (Best Babies) is a pre- and post-natal program, in cooperation with Victoria Best Babies and the Vancouver Island Health Authority that aims to optimize nutrition and health in expectant new parents and families. They hold weekly meetings that include a …
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Decline SIA’s permit to dump contaminated soil in Shawnigan Lake!
The protection and security of our water is fundamental importance. South Island Aggregates has applied and been granted a draft (soon to be approved) permit to dump over 100 million tons of contaminated soil into OUR watershed. Despite strong scientific evidence from government, the health …
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Double Your Daily Servings of Omega-3 Foods.
Great information from an article I was reading from News Canada. For anyone that knows me, I am a big advocate of taking omega-3 supplements and eating all of the foods they recommend below. Even when trying to shed a few pounds, don’t deprive your …
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Chicken Coops for Urban Farmers
What a great idea Mike Lenaghan and Chase Robertson! Get Cooped Up at getcoopedup.com Backyard Chickens are becoming the most popular birds in the city, and it is easy to see why! They lay the highest quality farm-fresh eggs for you, your family and …
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