| Recipe of the week |
| Sauteed Kale with Garlic |
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| This is a simple and delicious way to prepare Kale as a side green for any meal. Go especially well with fish, chicken, or tofu. more... |
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| Nutrition and Health |
| New Organic Rules Ban Intensive Confinement Dairy Feedlots |
| After years of claims that the organic dairy "access to pasture" requirement was vague and could not be enforced, the USDA NOP has finally come out with a rule that bans intensive confinement feedlots and requires that organic cows get at least 30% of their feed from grazing for at least four months out of the year. more... |
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| Where it begins... |
| Book Launch For Grow Organic: A Simple Guide to Nova Scotia Vegetable Gardening |
Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 7 pm
Spring Garden Public Library Program Room
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| In the garden |
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How to avoid Genetically engineered food
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A Greenpeace Shopper's Guide
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A catalogue of genetically engineered (GE) foods sold in grocery stores lists 3,000 products by product name, manufacturer or GE status. The catalogue provides alternatives to GE foods, and reveals which companies are not removing GE ingredients and manufacturers that are reacting to customers in providing non-GE food. For a copy of the guide (with reply envelope for donation) call 1-800-320-7183 or see www.greenpeace.ca/shoppersguide.
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Agriculture and Agri-food Canada's Organic Consultation
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Industry consultations on a proposed national inspection regime for organic agriculture
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Further to the regional organic industry consultation in Amherst, NS on February 17, 2004, the organic consultation web site has been launched at http://www.agr.gc.ca/publicon/.
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| Food Not Bombs weekly meeting |
| Halifax, NS |
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Food not Bombs offers free meals twice a week on Sunday at noon and Wednesday at noon in front of the Spring Garden Road Library and in fron of the North End library on Gottingen St. Hunger is not an agricultural
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