From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Simple Recipe: Potato Salad

Thumbnail image for Simple Recipe: Potato Salad August 27, 2009 by JBogle

Growing up on a farm meant growing up with potatoes as the staple for most supper meals, especially when my dad was cooking his favorite classic ‘meat and potatoes’.  They can be baked, mashed, boiled, fried – you name it, they can do it, and all while still tasting good!
Potatoes keep well in a root [...]

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Home-grown food: BC and Canada

August 26, 2009 by Mike Soron

In the 1970s, British Columbia produced about 86% of our vegetables. Today, the number is 43% for vegetables and about half for food in general. During the Second World War the region was essentially food self-sufficient, says Harold Steves in the Tyee’s Lots of Food, but for How Long?. We know we can do it, [...]

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Simple, Local Recipe: rhubarb yogurt pops

Thumbnail image for Simple, Local Recipe: rhubarb yogurt pops August 26, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Rhubarb looks like it might be the only “fruit” (ie sweet non-vegetable) that will end up in our CSA this year. Living in Calgary doesn’t really offer much else, other than berries, apples and the like. Yet, even though there are limits to what you can do with rhubarb, you won’t find me complaining.
Some like [...]

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Cattle numbers reveal perilous threat, promising alternatives

Thumbnail image for Cattle numbers reveal perilous threat, promising alternatives August 25, 2009 by National Farmers Union

PAISLEY, Ont.—Twice a year, Statistics Canada releases data on the number of cattle in Canada. Today, it released data on the number of cattle as of July 1. Compared to a year ago or two years ago, those numbers are way down.
The number of beef cows is a key indicator of the size of the [...]

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Using Edible, Functional Weeds

Thumbnail image for Using Edible, Functional Weeds August 24, 2009 by Theresa C.

While doing a little investigating into the types of weeds I was pulling from my veggie garden, I found that at least one of them was edible. Lambsquarters, pictured above, are apparently very much like mild chard or spinach in flavor, and can be cooked much as one would cook those greens. I plucked off [...]

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Stuffed & Starved/ Food Sovereignty/ The Canadian Wheatboard

Thumbnail image for Stuffed & Starved/ Food Sovereignty/ The Canadian Wheatboard August 21, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient 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 this episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Deconstructing Dinner features three segments produced by the National Radio Project’s [...]

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Aphid and Goliath – An update from the Thompson Small Farm

Thumbnail image for Aphid and Goliath – An update from the Thompson Small Farm August 20, 2009 by Jonathan Wright

Jonathan Wright is a Calgary-area farmer and co-founder of one of the city’s first community supported agriculture programs. Jon operates a zero-emission farm called Thompson Small Farm near Carbon, Alberta with his partner Andrea.
This year began as a drought year. This turned around in June, but by then it was too late for the [...]

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Urban Farming in BC and Beyond

August 18, 2009 by Mike Soron

Cityfolk! Rise up, and feed our future.
The Tyee has released a new segment in their reader-funded series on urban agriculture in BC, Good to Grow.
From the latest, by David Tracey, Why Urban Farming Is the Future:
The first odd thing about Cam Macdonald’s Mt. Pleasant lawn is that it isn’t a lawn. It’s a farm.
Standing [...]

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Vegetarian BBQ delights

Thumbnail image for Vegetarian BBQ delights August 18, 2009 by JBogle

Summer is here and soon will be gone- so get out to your BBQ and enjoy the sun!
As a vegetarian, I never knew the wonders of the BBQ until this year. Now I’m a weekly user and I’m so glad I indulge in the charcoal flavor that comes with the BBQ. Try these [...]

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Fennel: two great salads, one amazing bulb

Thumbnail image for Fennel: two great salads, one amazing bulb August 17, 2009 by JBogle

Fennel is a nutritious and filling vegetable available through winter and very satisfying in the summer. It’s just coming into season now (early August), with smaller bulbs and as much greenery per plant. These salads are best served after a night of chillin’ in the fridge, and make great sides or healthy snacks.  
My favorite [...]

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Thumbnail image for Genetically Engineered Sugar, Trees, Alfalfa & Wheat / Backyard Chickens VIII

Genetically Engineered Sugar, Trees, Alfalfa & Wheat / Backyard Chickens VIII

August 13, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient 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 this episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
As one of the clearest examples of the direction in which [...]

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Purpose and Product: the Beginning of a CSA Part III

August 10, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Last weekend, a few of our CSA members headed out to Linden, Alberta for another visit to Oxyoke Farms. We’d been out a month or two before that and had a great time.
I took a few videos from this last trip, but Windows Vista didn’t seem to like them, so I’ve been struggling for the [...]

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Democracy Now on Food and Eating

August 7, 2009 by Mike Soron

Democracy Now, an award-winning independent news program, took a closer look at US health care and obesity earlier this week. The discussion explored the influence of “big food” on government and health and has relevance for Canadian and global audiences, too.
The primary guest was David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner under Bush I and Clinton. He [...]

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