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...
Shop Local Business Profile Foodland
After several months of some serious renovations and expansion our local Foodland has a brand spanking new look. Along with adding a bakery and deli, the store has also doubled the variety of groceries and goods offered. Foodland took over the store last October and immediately began the enormous...
Boss Dog
I don’t want to make light of all the “special skills” dogs in this country. My daughter owned one for many years and he was invaluable to her. However, there isn’t a professionally trained Special Skills Dog in the world that can hold a candle to Buster, my rescued...
A New Vision for Perth-Andover and Hotel Dieu
“SPEM REDUXIT” is the motto of the Province of New Brunswick It means “HOPE was restored”. In this beautiful part of northwestern New Brunswick, following the disastrous flood of March 23- 25, 2012 in Perth-Andover, we need to have our “HOPE restored” ! The Hotel Dieu Hospital Defence Committee...
Banksters Take All ….The Slave Game
Abraham Lincoln needed money to finance the Union Cause at the beginning of the American Civil War. When he approached the privately held banks for loans, they did not want Lincoln and the Union to succeed, so they offered him loans at utterly usurious interest rates of up to...
From the Editors…
As I sat in the waiting room of the clinic recently, another woman nearby was carrying on a fairly loud conversation with an acquaintance she had just run into. I was tuned out, as it was none of my beeswax, until she began talking about her shopping routine. Promoting...
And Furthermore…More About Plastic Pollution
Another major source of plastic waste is, of course, bottles for stuff like shampoo and dish soap. I have another beef against most shampoos, besides the bottles, which will be the focus of this particular little rant. Our skin is our largest organ. It is, on average,...