New Thoughts
It has been over 5 years since I started writing this blog on food security and organic certification and capturing... View Article
Categories for Big Picture
Carbon Capture Food Production
Plants take carbon dioxide from the air and, powered by sunlight, turn it into carbohydrates for energy use. They also... View Article
WATER
Water is the most important critical material needed for growing food. Orchards takes millions of gallons of water for each... View Article
Community Partners
Urban farmers need community partners to be successful. The most important community partners are landowners with small urban lots they... View Article
Help the Economy
Where you buy your daily servings every week has a big impact on the Canadian economy. The numbers show only... View Article
Slow Money
Is Slow Money a way for people to invest in organic food? Consumers need a safe place to put there... View Article
Local Food Paradox
What is keeping organic supply in BC from rising to meet strong demand? The local food paradox is strong demand... 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
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 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
