One of the most common reasons that people have for not buying much in the way of fresh fruit and vegetables is that they can’t eat the fresh produce fast enough before it starts to go bad. I like to buy large quantities of a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables at a time, and [...]
I am delighted to announce that this afternoon I will be giving a presentation to inner-city youths at Fort Whyte about how to make nutritious choices at the grocery store, the importance of good health and my role with The Food Label Movement. Some of the main points of my presentation include: – The current [...]
This post was originally published on July 11, 2011 at www.thefoodlabelmovement.org. Boulder Canyon Rice & Adzuki Bean Chips – “Made with natural ingredients” The scenario: You’re in a local health food store, where you regularly buy organic produce, free-range meat, fair-trade coffee and specialty nutrient-rich flours like amaranth, quinoa or teff. As you walk down [...]
Today I’m leaving with the boyfriend and Westwood for a three-day kayaking trip! Hope you all have a great long weekend Our “Managing a 60-hour workweek” mini-series will begin next week, but today I wanted to announce that this was my last week working at the vet clinic (if by “last week” I mean that [...]
Lists are one of my favourite techniques for staying organized! Today I am… – Running in my bright blue Vibrams with the boyfriend. – Meeting with my new boss to discuss the fun and awesome things that we are going to be doing in the coming months (more on the new job later! I start [...]
Last week I shared with you all the very exciting project that I’m a co-organizer for: The Food Label Movement. Read last week’s article to find out more information about what the consumer advocacy group is all about. This week, I want to let you know how you can get involved and where your dollar will [...]
For all you bloggers out there, you may have noticed lately that I haven’t been commenting on blogs nearly as much as I used to. A few of you have even asked me if I’m still reading your blogs. The answer is yes. Not as regularly as before, but I am still visiting your site [...]
Last month’s poll Last month we talked about how important the ingredients in household products are to you. We had just 16 voters: 37.5% say that the ingredients are very important, 56.25% say that the ingredients are somewhat important, and 6.25% say that the ingredients are not very important. This month’s poll Because we focused on [...]
I usually update my experiences with HITT at Aspire Fitness on Wednesdays, but this week I’m pushing that blog post to Friday because there’s something I am so excited about that I cannot wait until Friday to share it with you… The Food Label Movement website has been launched! This is the project that I’ve [...]
