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Category: Food Choices
23
2011
Redefine Green in 2011 Holiday Celebrations!
Filed in: Food Choices, Products & Services, Shopping, Waste & RecyclingChristmas is a time for family, friends, celebrations and well…unfortunately a lot of waste. Canadians spend on average $800 per person on gifts, specialty foods and “stuff” resulting in an additional few million tons of waste to our landfills…
16
2010
Check out a Farmers’ Market This Summer!
Filed in: Food Choices, Products & ServicesCalgary is home to a growing number of farmers’ markets, with a growing number of local producers selling fresh, local produce, milk, eggs and meat, much of which is organic or at least grown without pesticides.
24
2010
Request Organic Milk and Sugar
Filed in: Food ChoicesWhile a growing number of coffee shops are serving organic and fair-trade coffee, the vast majority are still providing conventional (i.e. non-organic) milk and white table sugar.
17
2010
Choose Sustainable Sushi
Filed in: Food ChoicesAccording to SeaChoice – an initiative of Sustainable Seafood Canada - most global fisheries are poorly managed and many have been fully exploited (52%), over-exploited (16%), or depleted (7%).