Yearly Archives: 2010

 

Okara, and GE-free shopping guides

Feb 3

It’s a byproduct, it’s a food, it’s a fertilizer..? Okara is all of these things. It’s made up of the solids left over from tofu and soy milk making, and resembles cottage cheese. It starts to sour and then rot … Continue reading →

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Sweet stuff

Jan 29

A recent article asks if maple syrup is the new sugar? A timely question with the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival seeping up on our horizon. The instigators of this festival go by the charming name of the Sapsuckers, and for … Continue reading →

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Happy farmers and googly-mad writers

Jan 27

The blessed 60 day extension to the Madrona Farm fundraising campaign has yielded some truly gratifying results. Written up in Guy Dauncey‘s EcoNews, it caught the attention of a right thinking reader, Mel McDonald, who came up with the $200,000 … Continue reading →

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David O’Meara reading, A Chemical Reaction, and Slow Food Pasta

Jan 26

Food and poetry reared their twin heads last week, with a sprinkling of pesticide in the middle. On Tuesday, Ottawa poet David O’Meara came into town to read from Noble Gas, Penny Black as well as older and newer work, … Continue reading →

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Milky justice

Jan 25

Last week’s Ontario court case decision on the Michael Schmidt/raw milk issue – which has been dragging on since Schmidt had his farm raided in 2006 – has lactivores bubbling over with questions. Schmidt had been charged with illegally selling … Continue reading →

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