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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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Calgary Farmer’s Market: All this for $9.75!

Thumbnail image for Calgary Farmer’s Market: All this for $9.75! August 6, 2009 by JBogle

Yes — it’s true… you can get fresh, local produce for a steal of a deal! Don’t believe me? Here’s the price breakdown:

4 zucchini = $1 from Walker’s Own (AB & BC produce)
4 oranges = $1 from Walker’s Own
8 mushrooms = $1.50 from Walker’s Own
3 small fennel = $3 from Twin Valley Colony
1 bunch green onion = [...]

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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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Sitting in the Caboose: Canada and High Speed Rail

Thumbnail image for Sitting in the Caboose: Canada and High Speed Rail June 1, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Being a lifelong Albertan, the first passenger train I’d ever been on (aside from the one that does a loop of Heritage Park) was the high-speed rail line from Madrid to Barcelona. It only went about 200+ km/hour, but it got us to and from in about 4 hours. According to Googlemaps, the drive would [...]

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How-To: Grow 100 lbs of Potatoes in a 4 Square Foot Tower

Thumbnail image for How-To: Grow 100 lbs of Potatoes in a 4 Square Foot Tower April 16, 2009 by Mike Soron

I devour potatoes. There is something comforting and inviting about them. A devoted fan of big weekend breakfasts, I’m a sucker for fresh hash browns, especially. And mashed? Astounding.
Yet, the idea of growing them in one’s backyard seems very intimidating, especially in the city.
Not so, says recent internet chatter. Attention has turned to an article [...]

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DIY Cradle-to-Cradle: Futon Flowerbeds for Most Glorious Revolution!

Thumbnail image for DIY Cradle-to-Cradle: Futon Flowerbeds for Most Glorious Revolution! March 23, 2009 by Richard Rawnsley

With Victory Gardens back in vogue lately, even the new US secretary of agriculture is putting on his sunhat in the name of local food security. It seemed perfectly fitting, then, that I consummate my recent move to a more temperate clime (Vancouver) with an urban agriculture adventure of my very own: I too could be [...]

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Resources for Starting a Root Cellar

Thumbnail image for Resources for Starting a Root Cellar March 3, 2009 by Mike Soron

Root cellars are back. Or, rather, resourceful food storage is back. And root cellars are efficient and effective tools ripe to be put to renewed use.
The New York Times covered the trend in “Food Storage as Grandma Knew It.” Unlike Grandma, we can turn to the web for assistance — and the resources are myriad [...]

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