Local is Where. Organic is How. Fair is Who
7 min readWritten by Theresa Schumilas A storm is brewing, and it is blowing a cold front towards our local food movement. In the past …
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Inspired by the Prairie: the Perennial Solution
3 min readWritten by Judy Paul This year’s weather has a lot of people concerned about climate change. Early warm weather followed by frosts spoiled …
Kids Who Cook Make Healthier Food Choices
2 min readWritten by Kim Bretz One of the biggest struggles for parents is how to get healthy foods into their children without having a …
What Does Not From Concentrate Mean In Your Juice?
3 min readWritten by Kim Bretz I was reading a very interesting article in the LCBO’s Food and Wine magazine — no, not about wine …
Dark or White Meat…What’s Your Preference?
3 min readWritten by Kim Bretz We live in a community where people talk a lot about eating sustainably, supporting our farms and other wholesome …
City of Waterloo Adopts Strong Food Policies
3 min readWritten by Krista Long On April 2, 2011, the City of Waterloo adopted an Official Plan that: gives preference to small and mid-size …
More voices needed on national food strategy
4 min readWritten by Steffanie Scott The following is a longer version of an op-ed piece published in The Waterloo Region Record on February 22, 2012. You …
Weston Questions Safety of Farmers’ Markets
4 min readWritten by Theresa Schumilas This is just one example in my view of the way in which smallholders are treated by a food …
Are Your Eggs The Same As McDonald’s?
3 min readWritten by Kim Bretz On today’s lazy snowy day, I was watching tv and saw a commercial for McDonalds explaining how their eggs …
Does how we eat matter? Using food as a transformative tool for wellness
3 min readWritten by Candace Wormsbecker A few weeks ago I met a young lady with a strong interest in local food. I inquisitively asked …