Category Archives: Locavore
To stay or not to stay?
About one month after I quit my job in Regina and two weeks after I arrived back home, my husband got notified his services were no longer needed where he worked. Needless to say, our stress level went up. We … Continue reading
Rod and Gun Club dinner and dance
Last weekend we held the annual Rod and Gun Club fundraiser dinner and dance. In preparation for the dinner, the members of the Rod and Gun Club prepared the meat they hunted this fall, butchered farm raised food animals, and … Continue reading
Filed under Animal issues, Bears, Conservation, Cougars, Educational, Food Security, Hunting, Locavore, Politics of Food
Food Safety 101
Two headline stories from the USA on food safety caught my eye today: `Georgia Peanut Plant Knowingly Shipped Contaminated Peanuts’; `Study Links Corn Syrup to Toxic Mercury.’ 1. The FDA has issued one of the largest food recalls in history … Continue reading
Egg ‘profits’
A couple of years ago I asked one of our local grocery store managers (there are two grocery stores in the valley) how many dozen eggs per week the store sold: the answer was 1500 dozen. That means our community spends annually … Continue reading
More Peas Please?
I’ve been up since 3:30 am this morning. Why? Because it seems to be my new ‘witching’ hour. I’ve been getting up around 4:30 for ages now (with a brief hiatus of 6 am while on a trip out of … Continue reading
Filed under Food Sovereignty, Locavore, Sustainable Farming
Getting my hunting license.
So, having completed my CORE course and received in the mail my CORE certificate of completion, I thought I was ready to go hunting. Not so. I now have to go to the government agent in order to get my … Continue reading
Filed under Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Locavore, Politics of Food
