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Local Food Movement  “Launching this BC Centre for Agritech Innovation will improve productivity here in B.C., meaning more food will be grown closer to home, leading to lower costs associated with transporting food. Simply put, this centre makes us a global front-runner in agritech.” The quote above is taken from this really interesting article about the growing trend, and the need, of purchasing food from local producers or suppliers that stock locally grown produced goods. Our menu plan has a huge ecological impact, it can be a positive impact - however - if we choose to shop locally.  Imagine an item grown from far away has to get loaded on a truck and taken to storage, then loaded on a truck and driven 300 miles (or whatever the distance is) to another storage unit where it is repackaged and distributed to the various stores. Much of that fossil fuel cost is reduced simply by purchasing from locally produced goods.  The other aspect of this shopping habit is that you...

*Today's article was written by Jon Allo who wanted us to invite anyone concerned about healthy eating to claim (via hyperlink) a free e-book with over 100 tips to lose belly fat . -- 5 Healthy Low-Fat Snacks for Weight Loss or Maintenance --    Trying to find healthy snacks for diets can be a challenge. When you eat a nutritionally-sound snack, it enables you to turn an otherwise unhealthy snacking time into an opportunity to eat well and pump up your energy levels. Here are 5 quick, easy and good snacks for diets that you can easily consume throughout the day. 1. Canned Tuna Canned tuna is one of the few foods that comes in a can and is good for you. It's one of the best healthy snack goods because, apart from satisfying hunger pangs, is very low in calories and an excellent source of protein. Protein helps to build muscle and stabilize your energy levels. It can be eaten straight out of the can without any preparation or quic...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… If we take a step that is away from who we are then our energy is drained away… we really only feel overwhelmed when we think it all has to be done at once and it really is a matter of …shifting perspective so that you can start to go in the direction of your well-being. …For social occasions, I like to serve a sweet potato or sweet pumpkin pie; you don’t want to cook honey, because cooking honey actually causes it to change into a toxin for our system. But you could use something like a maple syrup as a sweetener… or applesauce …when we choose food that has a lot of life force in it in the first place, it doesn’t need sweeteners .” ~ Oct 29, ’09 – Myra Lewin Today's quote was taken from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show interview that aired on Oct 29, 2009. This discussion focused on a Wholesome Relationship with Food - check it out by clicking on the hyper-links here :) -- Zero-Waste Navigation -- Source: www.japanfs.org The "Zero-Waste Na...