A Cowichan Valley Tea Farm
With a micro-climate similar to that of Northern Japan, they hope that they can grow Camellia sinensis on their 11 acre Vancouver Island farm in the Cowichan Valley.
Read Moreby | Oct 18, 2011 | Good Food Culture | 0
With a micro-climate similar to that of Northern Japan, they hope that they can grow Camellia sinensis on their 11 acre Vancouver Island farm in the Cowichan Valley.
Read Moreby | Feb 17, 2011 | Good Food Culture | 0
Devin Folks, Information Booth Coordinator for the Wolfville Farmers Market, suggests that by having an indoor space, the customers will have a safer and more convenient place to buy their food, which will in turn support the producers and processors, artisans, and craftspeople of the local economy to grow their businesses.
Read Moreby | Jan 27, 2011 | Good Food Culture | 3
The County of Kings, a municipal body seeming to be very interested in increased tax revenue and developing infrastructure. It also seems to many in the region, to be a municipal body neglecting any sort of food insecurity Nova Scotia is bound to face as prime agricultural land is consumed and rezoned.
Read Moreby | Sep 30, 2010 | Good Food Culture | 2
When foraging for wild mushrooms, it is imperative that one knows EXACTLY which mushroom one has. Eating one on a hunch, or a “that looks close enough”, can make a person very sick, and be fatal in some cases. Even the experts note that they don’t put anything in their mouth before they are certain. It’s just not worth going into liver failure over some fungus, as exciting as it may have been to find it.
Read Moreby | Aug 10, 2010 | Good Food Culture | 0
Scott Rondeau, of Power Juncture and the force behind Toronto’s Festival of Beer and Toronto Wine & Spirit Festival, wanted to host a celebration of good food by switching up the dynamic from the more common, high-priced charity events, which have been very effective and which he thinks are great, to a more accessible promotion of the growing sustainable food movement, hopefully introducing thousands of people to food that is local, natural, healthy and delicious.
Read Moreby | Apr 15, 2010 | Good Food Revolution | 0
by Zara Fischer-Harrison Maybe it’s a recession-friendly attitude, or maybe high-risk investments in new restaurants are becoming less and less attractive for worn out investors, but several great chefs in our city are...
Read Moreby | Mar 11, 2010 | Good Food Culture | 0
by Zara Fischer-Harrison Sin: “an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God’s will.” (See http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sin) If it is God’s will that people should refrain from enjoying...
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