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Food Matters – Canadian Association for Food Studies

We know that the way in which we eat has changed drastically, mostly since World War Two, when developments in food technology gave us convenience foods, the rise of fast food and global trade in food commodities. Now we are … Continue reading

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Food Matters – First BC Craft Distiller at Merridale

The Still Call it moonshine, hooch, firewater, fine brandy, eau de vie or whatever, if you were making small batches of alcohol in British Columbia and trying to make money on it, you were wasting your time and your own … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Beer Revolution!

Becky Julseth of Salt Spring Island Ales It wasn’t that long ago that the beer scene in British Columbia was pretty boring. The market was dominated by a few large breweries that produced beers that pretty much tasted all the … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Defining ‘Local’ Food

Local Lettuce Local Food. It’s such a difficult concept to define. However, bureaucrats at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have issued an ‘interim policy’ that for the purposes of labeling, ‘local’ is anywhere within a province, including up to 50 … Continue reading

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Food Matters – A Very ‘Local’ School Lunch Program

Getting Ready for Lunch Breakfast and lunch programs in our schools have become a necessity to help feed students who might otherwise have to go hungry. Most of them rely on grants and donations of some sort, as in the … Continue reading

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Food Matters – Artisan Jammers

“ooh, yeah, we’re jammin’…” It may be a little too early in the year to mention fruit, when many of our fruit-producing plants are either still to blossom or just finishing setting their fruit. But I always looks ahead to … Continue reading

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