An interview with Dr. Thierry Vrain: A former genetic engineer speaks out about GMOs. On a warm, sunny day in May, underneath the shade of cherry blossoms, my partner Paul and I sat with Thierry Vrain, a former scientist who worked for Agriculture Canada for 35 years. Part of his job was to serve as the designated […]
Author Archives: Tsiporah Grignon
Food: Learn who to trust about our food supply
Recently I had the honour of attending a special convocation to honour the work of Dr. Vandana Shiva, seed-saving activist and advocate for sustainable farming. She was awarded an Honorary Degree at the University of Victoria, in a packed hall of hundreds of admirers who gave her three standing ovations. The program biography reads as […]
Inspiration and thoughts about food from movies
Recently I presented a documentary film festival here on Gabriola (filmgabriola.com). Even though the movies themselves were not about food, such as Food Inc., I tend to notice food-related activities. The opening night movie was Occupy Love, what is being called ‘the quintessential movie about the Occupy Movement.’ This was the third of a trilogy […]
Slavery in Food Production
What would you do if you knew that some food items you usually buy were produced using slave labour? I am referring to ones we do not grow locally, such as sugar, coffee and chocolate. Access to the internet means that if we want to know the origins of the food we consume, we are […]
Food: Globalist Delusions About Food Security
There is a new book by a husband and wife team of academics from Toronto, titled The Locavore’s Dilemma, In Praise of the 10,000 Mile Diet. I read about it in MacLean’s magazine. Besides praise for corporate-driven agriculture, the book makes fantastic claims. Instead of making our communities healthier and more self-sufficient, the authors claim the […]