The Power of Nature: A Living Island Series, Volume 1, 2016 These photographs were captured on our wanderings around Central Vancouver Island. My hope is that these pictures bring you the same peace and sense of unimaginable calm they have brought me. Nature heals people, and here is how….
Month: November 2016
Update on Genetically Modified (GM) Foods in Canada from CBAN
You’ve heard about the new genetically modified (GM) apple, potato, and salmon – but where are they? CBAN’s latest research shows the status of new GM foods in Canada. Here is an update from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. At the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN), we monitor GM crops and foods so you know what GM foods…
Feeding the Local Community: Guest Blog by Archie McNab, Farmer & Entrepreneur
It is an honour to have Archie McNab write a guest blog post for Recipes of My Home. One of the reasons we moved to Vancouver Island was to have access to fresh produce and farm stands. I have been buying food from his Farm Stand in Yellow Point on Vancouver Island since we first…
Is Nature a Part of the Past? ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ and a Declining Connection to the Outdoors
The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small-scale, in our own gardens. If only 10 percent of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words…
Agricultural Revolution in a Shipping Container – High Tech Turn Key Solution for Food Insecurity and Safety
The most difficult challenge facing humanity is not devising solutions to the energy crisis or climate crisis or population crisis; rather, it is bringing stories or narratives of the human journey into our collective awareness that empower us to look beyond a future of great adversity and to see a future of great opportunity. What…
Interview with Carolyn Herriot, Author of The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook
Carolyn Herriot is a champion of REAL food. Regional, Environmentally-responsible, Agricultural Land Use. I met her by chance at her Incredibles farm stand in Yellow Point on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. A farm stand where anyone at any time of the day can purchase organic, heritage open-pollinated (non GMO) food plants grown just down the road on…
Nutrition has a far reaching effect on human health & the ecosystem: Top 12 Reasons to Switch to a Plant-Based Diet
The vision of a sustainable future depends upon individuals who feel responsible for the environment and health. One of the most effective ways to achieve the goals of nutrition ecology, including healthy and sustainable food choices, is a vegetarian lifestyle. Nutritional ecology which includes sustainable nutrition is a question of personal priorities. Interested and well-informed…
Canadian Court Allows Genetically Modified Salmon and Salmon Eggs
Here is an update from the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network. It is an organization that promotes ‘food sovereignty and democratic decision-making on science and technology issues in order to protect the integrity of the environment, health, food, and the livelihoods of people in Canada and around the world. They inform, organize civil society action, conduct…
Delightful Recipes for an Ecologically Vibrant Future, Guest Blog by Guy Dauncey, Author & Futurist
The most difficult challenge facing humanity is not devising solutions to the energy crisis or climate crisis or population crisis; rather, it is bringing stories or narratives of the human journey into our collective awareness that empower us to look beyond a future of great adversity and to see a future of great opportunity. What…
