Robert Dixon, born in southern Ontario, Canada and moved west at the age of 20. I wanted to get land and homestead and learn how to eat differently. My learning about food started with membership in food co-ops and joining the Bio-Dynamic gardening association, around 1973. This introduced me to biological farming practices that work with the microbes. This was the start of understanding about helping Mother Earth.
My 2 years of technical training at BC Institute of Technology (BCIT), in food production, helped me gets jobs in chemical agriculture, while we homesteaded in the Peace River region of BC. I met my wife in Vancouver and we married in Beaverlodge, Alberta Canada while I was working at the agricultural research station as a soil research officer. We raised our 2 daughters on our land just south of Dawson Creek, BC (Mile Zero of the famous Alaska Highway). We homesteaded there for 15 years.
Years of working with chemical farmers and ranchers was followed by 25 years working part time as an organic inspector. This has given me a great appreciation for food producers. Being on so many ranches and farms helped me understand how agriculture can be moved away from fossil fuels towards biological practices and materials that help Mother Earth.
Working with my wife to help others understand the benefits of biological carbon capture is a great focus for our senior years. Our website is designed to give hope about everyday solutions everyone can do.
Chris Dixon: I was born in New York city USA and graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Science degree, as well as from Boston University with a Master of Science degree. I became interested in harmful pesticides in foods, when I read the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, in the early 1970s. Over a long career, I worked in the USA, England and Canada, as an occupational therapist at physical medicine, occupational health and psychiatric institutions, with children and adults, as well as seniors in long term care facilities. After being a university instructor in Texas, I moved to Canada and met Robert and we married. We bought land in British Columbia, lived in a large log home that he built. We raised our two daughters on the land with two black labrador dogs, and a mother cat with four kittens. We now live in Alberta and are supporting carbon capturing food production. Our purchases of local biological foods support carbon capture and we promote understanding these processes with information on our website. I am hopeful our website can help people choose food without pesticide residues that helps Mother Earth.