Bill C-52 will put that to a stop! have willingly self-shamed myself for allowing myself to be so busy co-running a business, working long hours and 7 day weeks; that I have totally forgotten about the world around our little business. My sources to keeping me up-to-date are our customers, with a recent wake-up […]
Jul
6
Canadian’s Living Longer & Healthier, but!
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May
16
Organic farms feature: Snow Farm
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Farmer Profile: Snow Farm
For over 9 years, the Snow family has been producing over 85 different organic vegetables including artichokes, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, collards, cucumber, fennel, kale, leeks, parsley, shallots and spinach on their farm. One of their biggest crops is celery. “I believe we have the largest celery farm, including the non-organic farms, […]
May
2
Canada’s New Food Guide
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Dr. Susan Barr, one of the nutrition experts involved in creating Canada’s Food Guide, came to give our medical class a lecture today. In 2007, there was a new Food Guide released, replacing the old 1992 version ( about time!). So what’s different about this new version?
- Well, the old version didn’t have food recommendations […]
Apr
20
The New Bohemian
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Tonight I had the pleasure of discovering a delightful new restaurant in Kits. The New Bohemian’s contemporary sign caught my eye as I walked down Broadway looking for a nice place to have dinner. We entered the place and were impressed with the fresh style and clean-lined contemporary atmosphere, which was softened by the candlelight […]
Apr
8
Cell phone for Food?
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I’ve read about an interesting Food Bank concept you may not know about. This one is headed by a local Highschool here in Vancouver.
York House School is currently involved in the Rogers Phones-for-Food High School Challenge. In this challenge, old cell phones are recycled to reduce e-waste. The money raised from recycling the cell […]
Apr
7
My Big, Fat Diet!
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This is the name of the documentary that recently aired on CBC Newsworld’s The Lens. It is actually Dr. Jay Wortman’s diet- a metis physician who believes that the soaring rates of diabetes and obesity in the aboriginal population are due to the drastic change in their diet. Dr. Wortman has a family […]
Mar
31
The Best Cupcakes in Town
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My newest obsession over the past couple of months has only been accumulating zeal with time and I now feel the need to share it publicly, and I hope that this spreading of love will alleviate my growing fixation. They’re pretty, they’re sweet, they’re symbolic of whimsy and child-like carefree fun: cupcakes.
Cupcakes, by Heather and […]
Mar
29
ABCs of Calcium Intake
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A good way to estimate whether you’re getting enough calcium in your diet per day is the ABC method. This assumes of course that our bodies can absorb the calcium in milk and in fortified products, but let’s not go there for now.
If you’re between the ages of 19-50, your Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) is […]
Mar
21
Seedy sundries & Hijacked Future(s)
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“It’s 7 am: do you know where your toast came from? Eating breakfast toast: a simple ritual to start the day. The bread probably came from a bakery or grocery store, but beyond that who knows where the wheat came from – never mind the seeds that grew the wheat. Do we need to know?
A […]
Mar
8
Restaurant Review: Flux Bistro
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Flux bistro opened in Gastown in 2007 to little fanfare, though I had recently heard a few recommendations from fellow foodies that I should definitely go check it out. This past Friday a friend and I decided to give it a try on those recommendations and the fact that it’s probably the only […]






