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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.
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A Perplexing and Promising Tale of Milk

Thumbnail image for A Perplexing and Promising Tale of Milk May 1, 2009 by Jon Steinman

Slowly but surely, the absurdity of our globalized and resource-intensive food system is becoming apparent to more and more North Americans.
One of the most interesting sectors of the food system to deconstruct and from which to unearth just one of these absurdities is Canada’s dairy sector.
Helping to share this absurdity is Wayne Harris, [...]

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Potato Famine “Facts”: the Real Dirt on Farming? Part II

Thumbnail image for Potato Famine “Facts”: the Real Dirt on Farming? Part II March 20, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The following is a continuation of the March 6, 2009 column featuring excerpts from Jon Steinman’s talk given in early February 2009 at the Annual Policy Conference of the Dairy Farmers of Canada in Ottawa. In the spirit of Deconstructing Dinner, the talk focused on the deconstructing of an industry and government-funded publication produced in [...]

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The Real Dirt on Farming?

Thumbnail image for The Real Dirt on Farming? March 13, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient will now be featuring a weekly column by Jon Steinman, host of the Kootenay Co-op Radio podcast Deconstructing Dinner, an inspiring and innovative program examining food issues from a local and international perspective based in Nelson, British Columbia.

“But there’s another side to this publication that I have to be critical of… and [...]

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Raw milk on trial in Ontario

January 28, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Michael Schmidt, a farmer from near Durham Ontario, has been in and out of court over the past fifteen years due to the fact that he has been selling unpasteurized milk products, including most recently raw milk cheese. Schmidt now faces 20 charges for violating the Ontario Milk Act by selling raw milk cheese to [...]

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How the Dairy System in Canada Operates

January 10, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Canadian dairy is a bit of a complicated issue to examine. On one hand, dairy production itself in Canada is highly regulated with stable markets and prices for producers and one of the more democratic agricultural sectors with much of the industry made up of small family farms. On the other, the dairy industry is [...]

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