small

Canadians Rally for Food Freedom

Vancouver rallies for food freedom November 23rd 2011 in conjunction with all the other right to food choice rallies across the country. These food freedom rallies are in response to the irrational and heavy handed pressure on small-scale local organic food clubs and communities across North America and increasingly the rest of the Commonwealth as well. Corporate agriculture monopolies are doing their best to crush out the last remaining footholds of small-scale, traditional and artisan farmers. I just watched a video of a CSA dinner being shut down. Bleach was poured over lovingly raised, good food, it was hard to watch. I’ll post the video at the bottom of this page. Unbelievable folks. Is this the future of food? Not in my world.

The Battle to Save the Polish Countryside

The Battle to Save the Polish Countryside

From the Winter edition of Wise Traditions the Journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Pig Business is a real money maker for industrial ag corporations. Please read the whole article here. Article is by Sir Julian Rose. Poland is a country that is accustomed to fighting rearguard actions to f ...

Vision for a Return to Health

Vision for a Return to Health

I posted a while ago about the contempt of court trial that I attended, regarding our local community dairy. We have finally gotten the word from the judge, he found our x-Agister Alice Jongerdon in contempt of court, fortunately he didn't charge her any penalties. This is rather disappointing news. ...

There is No “Sustainable Biofuel”

There is No “Sustainable Biofuel”

Small farmers that came together in Japan recently have come up with some very practical and do-able solutions. La Via Campesina--The International Peasant Movement--posted this press release from the biodiversity conference last month: Small Farmers’ Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis (Na ...

Canada Raw Milk Farmer’s Call To Arms

Canada Raw Milk Farmer’s Call To Arms

"The centralisation of our food system is currently the greatest danger to the food security of our nation." Since I am on the topic of raw milk this week I have to post this very important statement from Michael Schmidt. It was presented at a news conference on the steps of the Alberta Legislatu ...

Economics as if People Mattered

Economics as if People Mattered

I spent a bit of time in Burma (Myanmar). In 2006 I was the Executive Chef of the historical Strand Hotel, where many deep thinkers (George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling, W. Somerset Maugham, Graham Greene, E. F. Schumacher...) wrote some of their incredible books. Maybe that is why I resonate with the id ...