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This past June, while attending a food-related conference in Burlington, Vermont, I inevitably found myself looking for somewhere decent to eat near campus. After asking around a bit, I was surprised to hear how many people recommended the hospital. Hospital food generally evokes the same reaction as airplane food. It’s […]
The term food literacy is thrown around a lot in discussions of food education, especially as it pertains to elementary and high school curriculum.
At the beginning of 2011, I had the distinct feeling that something inside me was rotting. My insides felt like a dank cave full of stalagmites that enclosed something horrible if I only ventured deep enough to find out. So to figure out what was wrong with me, I fled […]
There’s no denying that folks in the developed world are growing heavier. In this CBC The Nature of Things episode, originally screened on August 2, 2012, David Suzuki says babies have been getting larger since 1950. Today about half of all adults in the West are overweight, while one in […]
Ottawa knows that a common ingredient in antibacterial soaps is posing acute and chronic problems for human health and freshwater ecosystems but has done nothing to ban triclosan, according to environmental and consumer advocates.
Pregnant people spend a lot of time answering questions. What will you name the baby? Are you going to breastfeed? What kind of diapers are you using? Have you finished the baby’s room? Did you do prenatal classes? Some parents-to-be feel like they spend half their time answering personal questions […]
Originally published on The Green Student. Store shelves are filled with products that have so many extra additives and chemicals. There is no way to know whether something is safe for the body and the environment when purchasing it. A simple way to help the environment, and the body is […]
The words local and organic dominate discussions about greening our eating habits. Lately it seems that local food has overtaken organic as the preferred method of sustainable food consumption.
Dandelions are everywhere. It’s impossible not to notice the yellow blooming plants this time of year. They grow just about anywhere, including our lawns, where most people see them as the annoying weed that needs to be killed, whether by pesticides or the more environmentally-friendly (and safer) method of just […]
As you prepare to welcome your newest family addition, it’s a lot of fun to make baby’s room as cute as they are bound to be. It’s a room in the house where you can really play, getting creative with colours, patterns, fabrics and more. That said, you wouldn’t want […]
