Author Archives: Don Genova

Food Matters – Ads and Childhood Obesity

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Don Genova

Food companies spend billions of dollars a year to advertise their products. Some of that marketing is targeted towards children, even if the foods advertised aren’t necessarily part of what health-care professionals call a balanced diet. This week on Food … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – BC Shellfish

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Don Genova

BC Shellfish Mussels, clams, oysters, scallops and crabs…all important parts of the BC seafood economy, and all delicious parts of a healthy diet. But there’s a growing concern as to how these ocean products end up on our plates.  Last … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – Time to Skimp on the Imported Shrimp

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Don Genova

Spot Prawns There is nothing small about the world-wide shrimp industry. Every year billions of dollars worth of shrimp are consumed, many of them having been produced in farms in third-world countries. And we happily gobble them down, without much … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – Good Bite Lunch Company

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Don Genova

It’s one of those parental duties that you take on for years…making your kids lunches for school. It can be time-consuming and just one more thing you don’t want to think about the night before, or the morning of. And … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – Greenwashing

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Don Genova

Advertising and marketing play major roles in our daily decision-making. We can easily be influenced by something as simple as a few words in a commercial, or even the colour of a label. Today on Food Matters, I discussed how … Continue reading →

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Food Matters – Cowichan Valley Pasta Companies

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Don Genova

  Kilrenny Pasta Extruder Eager eaters around Vancouver Island continue to hunt out and gather more and more local foods. And if you make it, they will eat it. Today on Food Matters I profiled two companies in the Cowichan … Continue reading →

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