When the crabapples starting dropping off the trees in town I thought to myself - Don’t panic. There is no way that they can be ready. It is two weeks ahead of last year, which was two weeks ahead of the year before. But then the heat set in and there was no doubt. The … Continue reading The Great Crab-a-thon of 2016
On May 24th weekend, I picked the first huckleberries of the season while descending the stairs to town. I was supposed to be doing hill repeats but those glossy purple berries were too juicy to resist. Now, here it is the end of July and my hands are still stained from the berries I stopped … Continue reading Berry Picking
In the spring, Stewardship Pemberton Society was invited to a workshop in Vancouver: Finding Common Ground hosted by the Sustainable Food Systems Working Group who aim to get more BC food on more BC plates. Long story short, the B.C. Agri-Food and Seafood Strategic Growth Plan put forward by the Provincial government aims to increase domestic … Continue reading Collaboration (as told by the stars)
When they flew in 800 avocadoes from Mexico for the television commercial, to make sure they had one absolutely perfect fruit, Jenna Dashney knew that the money she was making wasn’t going to make this sit right. “You couldn’t even give them away to the crew afterwards, because they were constantly being fed by a … Continue reading Slow down for your supper – with Jenna Dashney, the Farmers’ Market’s new chef-in-residence
I was working at the library the other day, and sneezed. The gentleman reading next to me pulled open his bag, cracked open a container of chewable Vitamin C tablets and tipped two into my hand. (That, pretty much, is why I love Pemberton/Mt Currie. Where else do complete strangers actually go out of their … Continue reading The Pros and Cons of Vitamin Supplements
I must admit that I felt sorry for the potato back when it was fell out of favour - but now avoiding sugar is the flavour-of-the-month, and the idea of paying more attention to what I eat, in order to consume less sneaky sugar, is slowly growing on me. Laura Zgud planted the seed during … Continue reading Sugar: not as sweet as it seems
Sugar is becoming widely recognized as unhealthy and even dangerous. Since there is a high demand on the body to digest, detoxify and eliminate refined or processed sugar, it literally leaches the body of precious vitamins, minerals and energy. This affects mood, weight, concentration, and so much more. And to make matters worse, the more … Continue reading Wellness: The Sweet Life
Milk is one of those staples that has always been a part of our daily diet. But the more I learn about the state of our milk, the harder I work to cut it out of my diet. There is no substitute for the health benefits of raw, unpasteurized milk. A mothers breast milk is … Continue reading Wellness: The Benefits of Making Your Own Milk
When I was pregnant, my midwives suggested that if I was craving sugar, it was a sign my body actually wanted protein. (They also said that if I ate too much sugar, I'd have an unnecessarily big baby, and that was pretty much all the incentive I needed to lay off the Cocoa Puffs and … Continue reading Wellness: What You Should Eat Instead of What You’re Craving
Potatoes. The Pemberton Valley is famous for them. Delicious little nuggets lovingly plucked from the earth in hues of red, gold, brown and white. Sold locally at farmers markets and then roasted, baked, boiled or fried. You may think nothing more about those potatoes after you have done your dinner dishes until the next time … Continue reading You say potato….
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