Category Archive for: ‘Foods and Nutrition’
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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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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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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Where Does Our Food Come From?
This video needs no introduction. It is a must see! Click here to watch.
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The Green Resolution Revolution
The article below is written by Nathan Ladin, freelance fitness writer with Slimband and a lover of all things green. Nate loves to promote health awareness and believes that part of the secret to healthy living is cultivating a healthy environment. Remember when caring about …
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Do you take Calcium and/or Vitamin D supplements?
I have been reading the book that is talked about below and on the YouTube Video and I found this information posted Feb 1, 2012 9:45 PM by Sheila Webster by LifeStyleTree – www.lifestyletree.com! Are calcium supplements safe? As our bodies age we often hear how important …
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