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HD 302 – Scallops Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii is an incredibly beautiful and extremely remote set of islands off the coast of BC. We stayed in an amazing cabin hand-made from drift-wood right on the beach in June when all the flowers were blooming. In this charming and magical cabin we created this satisfying and delicious breakfast with local scallops served up on scallop shells.

Fall Equinox Chow Down 2013

Fall Equinox Chow Down 2013

On the evening of the Fall Equinox 2013 we joined local urban gardeners from Cedar Cottage Community Garden in a delightful meal in the middle of the lovely garden under the skytrain. It was a rainy night but the sun did show itself just long enough for me to get some beautiful photos of the kitchen ...

Fresh Milk Food Politics Overview

Fresh Milk Food Politics Overview

Well it has been a long and talkative day for us raw milk lovers here in BC so I will try to just do a quick summary of the speakers and some of my favorite quotes from each of them for the folks who were unable to attend the Fresh Milk Food Politics conference today. I have uploaded a bunch of ...

NDP Pledge to Provide Opt-Out for Smartmeters

NDP Pledge to Provide Opt-Out for Smartmeters

NDP pledges to seek alternatives for people who don't want smart meter by Rob Shaw B.C.’s Opposition New Democrats accepted an anti-smart-meter petition with almost 30,000 signatures Monday and promised to seek hard-wired meters for people concerned about the health effects of wireles ...

History of Harassment: The Little Chilliwack Dairy

History of Harassment: The Little Chilliwack Dairy

With The Little Chilliwack Dairy back in the courts again it seems appropriate to revive this article about Alice Jongerden, written in 2010 by Chad Hershler. Hershler does a very good job of presenting the history of the Home on the Range cowshare and when the harassment by Fraser Health began. ...

Why Oh Why Does Fraser Health Hate Raw Milk So?

Why Oh Why Does Fraser Health Hate Raw Milk So?

DONATE to the Raw Milk Legal Defense Fund, fighting for raw milk access for all families across British Columbia and Canada   It was an interesting day at the courthouse today. Many of us got there late but it didn't matter as there was some kind of a security alert going on and no on ...

Little Chilliwack Dairy Back in Court

Little Chilliwack Dairy Back in Court

Just got back from the New Westminster courthouse. Our cowshare family spent a loving day together listening to the interactions between the lawyers, judge, Gordon Watson and witnesses over what seems to be unravelling as a case of malicious intent on the part of Fraser Health against this priva ...

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

On a quick trip to Vancouver Island we stopped in Ucleulet, Port Alberni and Nanaimo. Learned an interesting fact about Port Alberni (a 30 foot tsunami hit it in the 1950s). It is a strange place because it is a deep port to the Pacific Ocean even though it is more towards the Eastern side of the is ...

Rev Kevin Annett Interview: Trauma for control and Repression

Rev Kevin Annett Interview: Trauma for control and Repression

This is a very revealing interview with Rev Kevin Annett leading up to the historical class action filed July 4, 2012 in the Federal Court of Canada against the Vatican, Elizabeth Windsor (the UK Queen), Big Pharma, the Prime Minister of Canada and others for conspiracy against First Nations peoples ...

SeedStock – Vancouver’s Community Currency

SeedStock – Vancouver’s Community Currency

Seedstock Seedbomb! from agorabora on Vimeo. Seedstock, is a community currency for Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. We believe that community currencies can improve the connectedness of communities, support local, independent businesses, encourage a more vibrant and diverse local economy while ge ...