Community Supported Agriculture
People and communities across the country who want fresh, local, organic produce are turning to Community Supported Agriculture. CSAs focus on the production of high quality foods for a local community. They are organized with a shared risk membership and marketing structure. Members who belong to CSAs typically...
Cash Mobs
Many interesting and innovative ideas and movements are springing up all around the world to help boost local economies during these strange days upon the planet. Times are tough all over for small, independent business people as giant corporations wallow in their own greed and excess and smash small...
Decoded! The Four Way Stop
I just had yet another near death experience at the end of the bridge in Perth-Andover the other day. Proper Four –Way and Three-Way Stop Sign Etiquette seems to be completely absent at those dastardly intersections upon many occasions, so we thought we’d present the following guidelines: A...
Schadenfreude
Have you ever felt a wicked little shiver of pleasure at someone else’s misfortune? That sensation is called “schadenfreude”, a quite useful German term to describe a not very nice attitude. But we see it all the time as people take advantage of and enjoy the misfortunes that...
A Canadian Light Bulb Joke….
And how true all this bureaucracy is! How many Canadians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Twelve. Four to form a parliamentary committee to study how to solve the problem, one to complain that this joke was not in French, one to protest that the interests...
From the Editors….
Life goes on no matter what circumstances folks find themselves in. We are a resilient and hardy breed of souls and no matter how harsh our lives become, humans have always been able to survive because we have HOPE. Well, we’re all sure hoping to get some answers from...
Community Gardens
This is from Wayne Sabine. Wayne and his wife Dilys operate Circle S Farms, a Certified Organic Farm in Tilley, NB For the lion’s share of my adult life, the dream of self-sufficiency has been a goal toward which my meandering life path has headed. It has been like...
Community Orchards
Communities all over the world are reclaiming unused public space and planting them with Community Orchards & Gardens. This idea has really taken off in recent years as folks have faced tough financial times, and also as more people want to eat fresh local produce. Here in our own...
Countertop Organics
Like many people nowadays, I have been incorporating more fruits, vegetables and raw food into my diet. I also buy organic whenever possible, and for sure I avoid GMO “food” like the poison it is. Organic produce is gradually becoming more accessible in our local grocery stores, but it’s...
Amazing Broccoli Salad
A couple of weeks ago I was assigned the task of whipping up a salad to bring to my nephew Tyson’s birthday party. The thought of making a regular tossed salad didn’t stir my creative juices….I wanted to make something different, but easy, and most importantly, that everyone would...