The science behind the best ways to store fruits and vegetables What a feeling of joy to unpack those cloth grocery bags filled with beautiful, farm-fresh raspberries and apples, asparagus and lettuce mix. You imagine your lunch salads for the week, the kids’ school snacks, that great guacamole you’re going to bring to that thing … Continued
Protecting and Enjoying our Precious Pollinators There’s something magical about happening upon a bee in the garden or in the woods—the way it hover flies and lands on the petal of a lupine flower, clutches the golden pollen and, with that tiny straw mouth, drinks the nectar. With bee survival in peril, will our children’s … Continued
SOS: Health Canada is making significant regulatory changes to natural health products (NHPs). These unnecessary changes will treat NHPs like pharmaceutical drugs. This over-regulation will negatively impact how NHP brands can do business forcing a downstream effect on retailers and consumers. Major regulatory changes are happening to our industry all at once: New User Fees … Continued
Spring is here and the increased daylight means it’s the perfect time of year to start an indoor container garden of fresh microgreens to use in the kitchen. You can use traditional planting containers, of course, but should you not have any on hand, bistro containers are perfect for growing microgreens! Plus, why not get … Continued
It’s the long weekend! BBQ’s will be out and ready to go…and what says BBQ? Burgers! We have rounded up our favourite beef, veggie and even tuna burgers to help you prepare for the long weekend ahead. No matter what your burger is we have SO much fresh organic and local produce ready to be … Continued
Taking time to carefully choose products that you love, that are good for your skin and hair, and that can be used in multiple ways can save you time and money, and cut down on packaging. Plus, it makes for light and easy summer packing! Fortunately, there are tons of effective and earth-friendly products out … Continued
Summer weather is here—bring on the sunshine and outdoor living! But…no bugs and burns, please! Two of the most common products used in the summer time are sunscreens and bug sprays; while both are needed to help protect us, they can contain an alarming amount of potentially harmful chemicals and it’s important to select products … Continued
Jeremy Budd fell in love with foraging at age seven, when he first joined his father on a search for pine mushrooms near their Sunshine Coast home. Foraging for seasonal, wild foods was a way of life that continues to this day—the passing of knowledge that has come down through generations on the Italian side … Continued
There’s a good chance you’ve already experimented with a gluten-free diet. Gluten is a protein often blamed for a myriad of health issues, sometimes for good reason. Abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and sometimes even headaches, fatigue, rashes and joint pain have all been attributed to gluten. The gluten protein is found in wheat, rye, barley, … Continued
