Locavores, beware
Conscientious foodies have put a premium on foraged goodies such as fiddleheads and wild leeks – but popularity can come at a cost, Sarah Elton reports
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail, May 20, 2009 at 8:59 AM EDT
The wild leeks are up, the fiddleheads are out and local food aficionados are licking their lips.
But while [...]
The Withrow Farmers’ market season launches with the first Seedling Swap and Perennial Divide this Saturday May 23, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.–rain or shine.
If you have extra vegetable seedlings or perennial divisions, bring them for exchange with other gardeners (or for sale to those who have nothing to swap) to Withrow’s Spring Fling market [...]
Even though alternative food distribution represents less than 4 per cent of market, according to the folks at Local Food Plus, lately I’ve managed to eat out only in restaurants that serve local (and hopefully sustainable) food. Granted, I don’t eat out as much as I’d like these days. With two small children, dinner en [...]
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Read full post...I almost wept at the sight of them: long, green spears of fresh, Ontario asparagus. I ended up over-steaming them in my hurried dinner preparations filled with kid chaos, but they tasted delicious anyway slathered with lots of butter and some salt. My elder daughter was so happy she didn’t want to eat anything but [...]
Read full post...The flu formerly known as swine is now infecting pigs in Alberta. Hog farmers are saying the fall-out of this flu could be the last straw for their businesses, already struggling after years of low prices. The fact that these farmers are on the brink is no surprise. The mainstream hog industry has been participating [...]
Read full post...I am saddened by the move to rebrand the swine flu as H1N1. Not only is it inaccurate, as explained by an article in today’s Globe and Mail, but it obfuscates the influenza’s connection to farming. It makes it seem as if this flu bug appeared out of nowhere.
True, we don’t know where the swine [...]