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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...

Old Fashioned Milk Trick  Did you know that there is such a thing as dehydrated milk powder? Well there is and it is a fantastic staple to have in the cupboard. There are also dehydrated soy, rice, oat and almond milk powders available in specialty stores for those who prefer these alternatives. In the year 1802 the first known written record about powdered milk was put to paper, it talked about how it was convenient but not well-known yet. An evaporation technique was officially patented in 1837; since then there have been many documents detailing advances, patents and innovators. Put very simply, powdered milk is made by spraying a fine mist of skim milk on delicate screens, where it is dehydrated and then bagged.  To get skim milk, dairies let the milk settle in a chilled room where the heaviest, thickest cream rises to the top - this cream is skimmed off and is often sold as whipping cream. The milk is again left to settle in the chilled setting for a little longer until t...

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Media Appearance I'm proud to say that the Writer's Digest Network has been so supportive of our work. Recently we learned they had published a little piece of ours about how to create affordable and delicious seasonal menu planning. I hope you like the article :)  https://thewritersdigest.com/2021/06/01/affordable-and-delicious-seasonal-menu-planning   ~~   Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~  

Announcement   How wonderful to receive the news that we were featured over at Linda Weaver Clarke' s blog where we discussed a great way to reduce food waste and take advantage of sales and peak garden harvests.  http://lindaweaverclarke.blogspot.com/2021/02/from-one-small-garden.html  ~~   Visit the Brummet's @: http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~