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Food Policy

Monsanto corn linked to organ damage

January 12, 2010 by Mike Soron

Change.org reports:
The first-ever public study of the health effects of genetically modified corn shows that three patented crops developed and owned by agriculture giant Monsanto cause liver, kidney and heart damage in mammals.
The FDA has approved all three varieties for sale and consumption in the U.S. and all three are in our food [...]

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GM Flax Contamination from Canada Soars to 28 Countries, Canadian farmers still have no answers

Thumbnail image for GM Flax Contamination from Canada Soars to 28 Countries, Canadian farmers still have no answers October 5, 2009 by National Farmers Union

Ottawa, Monday, October 5, 2009 – 28 countries, including more European countries as well as Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand, have now been affected by contamination from genetically modified (GM) flax in Canadian exports since contamination was first reported on September 8.
Mere weeks are left before farmers in Canada finish harvesting their flax and yet [...]

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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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GM contamination of Canadian flax exports threatens markets in Europe

Thumbnail image for GM contamination of Canadian flax exports threatens markets in Europe September 10, 2009 by National Farmers Union

The European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed has confirmed the contamination of Canadian flax exports with a genetically modified (GM) flax, devastating Canadian flax sales to Europe. The GM flax has been illegal to grow in Canada since 2001 when flax growers forced the government to take the product off the market. [...]

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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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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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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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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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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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