It is a myth that eating healthy costs more money. A healthy, whole food diet is surprisingly inexpensive. Potatoes are cheaper than fries, whole chicken costs less than strips, and I have personally saved a ton of money by switching to oatmeal for breakfast. However, while whole food is generally cheaper than processed, there are […]
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Local Whole Wheat Bread
For the last several years, we have been working to localize our food. One aspect is that we began milling our own wheat last fall, after discovering Sloping Hill Farm in Qualicum Beach was growing wheat. To find a source of wheat so close to home justified the $320 investment in a flour mill. You […]
If You’re Not Moving, You’re Dying
I tend to write about whole foods, sourced locally, as an essential element of health. But nutrition alone is not sufficient for vitality. A healthy body requires regular physical exercise. The truth is, if you’re not also exercising, you’re dying. If you are unable to do the physical equivalent of a brisk 20 minute walk, […]
Local Food Manifesto
The industrial revolution drove people off farmland and concentrated them in cities. Farmers became factory workers: disconnected from land and food source. The geographical, social and cultural gap between farm and consumer widened over the years and has created an entire generation of people who don’t understand the consequences to our health, economy and environment. […]