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Jon Steinman

The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain)

Thumbnail image for The Local Grain Revolution X (Retail Supported Agriculture? / Sprouting Grain) September 11, 2009 by Jon Steinman

What is Retail Supported Agriculture?
As far as the North American local food movement is concerned, it’s not a concept that has yet been coined in any notable way. The Kootenay Grain CSA (community supported agriculture) project located in the Kootenay region of British Columbia is now changing that.
Community Supported Agriculture is most often a model [...]

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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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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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Permaculture at the Blue Raven Farm

Thumbnail image for Permaculture at the Blue Raven Farm August 4, 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 the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Deconstructing Dinner revisits with the topic of permaculture… a concept [...]

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Labour Intensive Farming “No Longer Relevant” – Minister of Public Safety

Thumbnail image for Labour Intensive Farming “No Longer Relevant” – Minister of Public Safety July 29, 2009 by Jon Steinman

In February, startling news was leaked to Kingston, Ontario’s daily newspaper, The Whig-Standard. Minister of Public Safety, Peter Van Loan, was cutting Canada’s prison farm program located at six Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) institutions.
The program is part of CORCAN – the branch of CSC providing rehabilitative employment training to inmates.
The planned closures [...]

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Norway, British Columbia V (“Organic” Salmon?)/Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food IV

Thumbnail image for Norway, British Columbia V (“Organic” Salmon?)/Co-operatives: Alternatives to Industrial Food IV July 23, 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 the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Norway, British Columbia V (“Organic” Salmon?)
The presence of open net-cage [...]

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Belo Horizonte and Ending Hunger

Thumbnail image for Belo Horizonte and Ending Hunger July 17, 2009 by Jon Steinman

If we were to analyze the role of local governments in North America, the most common responsibilities of municipalities consist of water and sewer services, road/sidewalk maintenance, upkeep of parks, garbage collection, snow removal, and many other infrastructure-related needs of an urban centre.
What we don’t find on that list of ‘things-to-do’ is food.
Whereas [...]

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Norway, British Columbia IV (Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Pacific)

Thumbnail image for Norway, British Columbia IV (Farming Atlantic Salmon in the Pacific) July 15, 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 the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
In October 2008, host Jon Steinman spoke with wildlife biologist [...]

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The Sourdough Waffle (with recipe!)

Thumbnail image for The Sourdough Waffle (with recipe!) July 10, 2009 by Jon Steinman

Let it be known that the consumption of sourdough waffles can be one of the most blissful gastronomic experiences.
Perhaps my first sourdough waffle experience carried with it such a resounding and positive impact in light of the ‘waffles’ of my childhood being of the frozen quality and bearing the resemblance of corrugated cardboard.
It’s [...]

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The Future of Prison Farms

Thumbnail image for The Future of Prison Farms July 6, 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.
In February 2009, it was discovered that Canada’s Public [...]

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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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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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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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