From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Lessons from Cuba/Employing Insect Farmers (encore)

Thumbnail image for Lessons from Cuba/Employing Insect Farmers (encore) June 30, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Launching this episode, we travel to Cuba – a [...]

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Simple Recipe: Make your own lard!

Thumbnail image for Simple Recipe: Make your own lard! June 29, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

I recently saw a segment on the CTV evening news detailing a resurgence in the use of lard as a cooking product. People have become weary of the transfattiness of Crisco vegetable shortening and hard margarine, and butter is pretty expensive and precious as a flavouring agent. So they have turned to lard. Hell, before [...]

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DOW Formalizes NAFTA Challenge to Quebec Pesticide Ban

Thumbnail image for DOW Formalizes NAFTA Challenge to Quebec Pesticide Ban June 26, 2009 by Jon Steinman

In some provinces across the country, walking outside your house in the morning will no longer be greeted with a breath of fresh chemicals being applied to your next-door neighbour’s lawn.
Quebec was the first to implement a province-wide cosmetic pesticide ban, similar to those within municipalities being enacted throughout Canada on the use of chemicals [...]

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Calgary Cowbell – New Independent Media

June 25, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

I’m sure many of our readers have come across David Wilson’s work by now. I’ve been a fan of his viewpoint articles in Fast Forward Weekly for the past few years. More recently, David launched a Blogspot blog called “Calgary Cowbell,” the goal of which was to “[ring] in a more sustainable, equitable, and democratic [...]

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Finding Oxyoke Farms: the Beginning of a CSA Part I

Thumbnail image for Finding Oxyoke Farms: the Beginning of a CSA Part I June 24, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

The decision to visit was somewhat spur-of-the-moment. A family friend, her two children, my wife and I piled into a Subaru station wagon one afternoon and took off toward Linden, Alberta, not knowing what exactly to expect. It’s about an hour drive from Calgary. We pass through Beiseker (past their statue of “Squirt” the skunk, [...]

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Salt and Canada

Thumbnail image for Salt and Canada June 24, 2009 by Mike Soron

The Globe and Mail has an excellent multi-part series on salt-intake in Canada. Sounds boring but it’s surely not.
Canadians overall take in about 3,100 milligrams of sodium a day – more than double the recommended intake for any age group and significantly higher than the upper limit most people can consume without compromising their [...]

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Two reports, one committee: a public inquiry into listeriosis and the CFIA

June 23, 2009 by Mike Soron

“Twenty-two people died in this country. That cannot be swept under the rug.”
- Wayne Easter on June 18, 2009

The listeria crisis from last year just isn’t going away. Rightfully so. Hundreds became ill and 22 Canadians died. The Conservative government’s response has been appallingly unmanaged and disrespectful. Now, they are pushing against a closer look [...]

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Deconstructing Dinner in our Schools III (Ryerson University) & Backyard Chickens VIII

Thumbnail image for Deconstructing Dinner in our Schools III (Ryerson University) & Backyard Chickens VIII June 23, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Deconstructing Dinner in our Schools III (Ryerson University)
The G. [...]

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Dr. Ann Clark: Genetically Engineered Crops a “Spectacular Failure”?

Thumbnail image for Dr. Ann Clark: Genetically Engineered Crops a “Spectacular Failure”? June 22, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The push is on once again by groups advocating for the continued development and commercialization of genetically engineered wheat.
In a letter dated May 14 signed by nine farmer organizations in three countries, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, among others, are demanding that farmers receive the same supposed benefits that other farmers who grow [...]

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Urban Farmer Makes Calgary Visit – #YYC Events

Thumbnail image for Urban Farmer Makes Calgary Visit – #YYC Events June 19, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Ron Berezan, also known as the “Urban Farmer” will be visiting Calgary and giving a talk on Permaculture in the City at the Unitarian Church of Calgary this coming Wednesday.
We had a chance to see a presentation given by Ron at the 2009 Permaculture Convergence in Olds a few months ago. Ron is an impressive, [...]

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Measurement and Resilience: May inflation falls to nearly zero

June 19, 2009 by Mike Soron

Our great country reported its inflation data for the month of May through Statistics Canada yesterday. For many Canadians, it might seem like abstract numbers that don’t hold much for their day-to-day lives, many of whom are recently out of work or have found their sense of economic security evaporated.
But inflation is an important measure, [...]

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Mongolian Meat Market: Our Agriculture Canada Update

Thumbnail image for Mongolian Meat Market: Our Agriculture Canada Update June 17, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Agriculture Canada sends out periodic press releases, usually proclaiming the good work of Agriculture Minister Gerry “Puttin’ on the” Ritz’s office in assisting “farmers.” I’ve decided to take it upon myself to present some of the statements made by Minister Ritz’ office and decipher them because they can’t be taken at face value. In this [...]

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Sailing Vegetables in Puget Sound/Sourdough Waffles

Thumbnail image for Sailing Vegetables in Puget Sound/Sourdough Waffles June 16, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.

Sailing Vegetables in Puget Sound
Part VII of The Local [...]

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