6-a-Day
A good summary of global food guide recommendations for vegetable and fruit daily servings is 6-a-day, 4 vegetables and 2... View Article
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Bio-regional
Selling what we make in the regions it is produced in, instead of exporting everything, is what we call bioregional.... View Article
High Nutrient Density
HIGH NUTRIENT DENSITY Food with a lot of nutrients per calorie is defined as nutrient dense. Some foods e.g. Garlic,... View Article
Bio-intensive
BIO-INTENSIVE The European Union defines bio-intensive as eco-functional intensification. The idea is to take a natural process and make it... View Article
Bio-region News
Bio-region News2 – Shushwap Agricultural Strategy Rebecca and Herman are organic farmers in the North Okanagan. They both worked with... View Article
Low Nutrient Density
Low nutrient density food has little nutrition per calorie. Sugar, fat and salt make up much of supermarket food. Lots... View Article
Terrible Trends
Childhood obesity in Canada is at epidemic levels. We are 3rd worst in the world after the USA and UK.... View Article
Organic Food Club
Organic food security would be a huge benefit for consumers and farmers and communities. Why has it not happened already?... View Article
Organic Food Security
revised October 15 2024 Organic food security means grow most of the food that people actually eat within your bio-region.... View Article
Organic Food
BIOLOGICAL AGRI-FOOD NETWORK Is there an alternative to the present agri-food system? This industrial complex includes supermarkets/healthfood stores, transportation and... View Article
Bio-region News
The Thompson-Okanagan is well on it’s way to becoming a certified organic bio-region. * We want to celebrate this long... View Article
Industrial Food
INDUSTRIAL AGRI-FOOD COMPLEX Military scale supply chains are needed today to keep the supermarket shelves filled. This complex industrial production... View Article