According to a recent article in the Telegraph Journal, people in industrialized countries eat about 210 pounds of meat per person, per year. That works out to nine ounces a day, every day. And worldwide meat consumption is increasing as people in developing countries eat more meat, more often.  The […]

Are Almonds Becoming an Environmental Nightmare? Could the popularity of  almond butter, almond milk and almond flour soon spell the end of fresh produce during winter in our northern climate? I’m sure there are some who wouldn’t mind if broccoli was only available during our local growing season but the […]

Few things feel better after a long snowy winter than the feel of the warm sun on your skin. The great weather on Victoria Day was like a surprise gift and I admit that grabbing the sunscreen as we headed off to our cottage was an afterthought and even then […]

How do you grow healthy kids? Teach them about good healthy food and the lost art of cooking.   How is this for a sobering statistic: By 2030 it is predicted that 41% of the world’s population will be obese. Considering that, as of 2013, an astonishing 42 million kids […]

How do we get kids to care about the environment?   How do we get kids to care about the environment, and understand the concept of carbon footprints so they grow up to consider environmental stewardship a normal way of life?   We can teach children to turn out the […]