Plant breeder Carol Deppe is passionate about making seeds available for all growers, rather than being in the control of a handful of corporations. “If we want to control the kind of food available and the kind of agricultural system that we want, we have to do our own … [Read more...]
The Open Source Seed Initiative — Protecting Our Food Commons (323)
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Deep Nutrition — Eating the Way We Used to Eat (321)
November 30, 2016 By Leave a Comment
“Nature knows Best,” says Cate Shanahan, M.D. “Just eat the way people used to eat….” For their book Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food, she and her partner Luke researched early American cookbooks and worldwide cultures with intact cuisines. They came up … [Read more...]
Tour Salt Spring Island’s Local Meat Processing Facility (311)
August 13, 2016 By Leave a Comment
(No animals or meat products are portrayed in this program). When new regulations required Salt Spring Island's meat producers to take their animals off-island for processing, local production plummeted nearly in half. In response, the Salt Spring Agricultural Alliance … [Read more...]
Seeds for Our Future — How Shall We Feed Ourselves? (310)
July 25, 2016 By 1 Comment
"We've alienated ourselves so much from nature that our whole way of producing food is by trying to dominate nature. We're not really connected." Dan Jason, owner of Salt Spring Seeds (B.C.), points out how corporations now control most of the seeds and food products … [Read more...]
What About Veganism? (304)
March 29, 2016 By Leave a Comment
"The more we take back our ancestral roots and eat the diet our ancestors ate, we go back to what is the most natural for our physiological makeup." The author of Primal Body, Primal Mind considers a short-term vegan diet excellent for detoxifying and anti-aging benefits. … [Read more...]
Village Vancouver — How Can A Big City Become a Village? (302)
February 26, 2016 By Leave a Comment
How do you empower an entire metropolis to transition towards more localized living in a post-petroleum era? Founder Ross Moster and board members Rand Chatterjee and Ann Pacey of Village Vancouver Transition Society view Vancouver (B.C.) as a network of neighborhood-sized … [Read more...]
Giving Thanks – Past, Present and Future
December 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Rent a 2-bedroom suite in the Eco-Sense House near Victoria, BC. Natural builders and permaculture practitioners Ann and Gord Baird are looking for homesteading partners who are mostly full time and eager to dive into food production and community education with them. Learn … [Read more...]
The Squash is In!
October 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
We popped out into the Corvallis countryside to photograph Oregon plant breeder Carol Deppe and friends as they harvested the last of the season's squash. These butternuts were laid on tarps in the shade alongside the already-harvested big "Sweet Meat - Oregon Homestead" and … [Read more...]
Meet the Fermentistas – Become a (C)rock Star
September 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Create fermented food not just because it's healthy, but for the rich diversity of flavors? That's what Kirsten and Christopher Shockey encourage. Yesterday we attended their presentation at the local First Alternative Cooperative Market in Corvallis. Afterwards we … [Read more...]
Fed by Friends
September 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Support for Peak Moment TV takes many forms. Yesterday I shared in a veggie bounty harvested by Patricia Parcells. I walked a few hundred feet down the road to the huge garden she shares with Christine Robin (their land also hosts the Sunrise Community garden). We cut … [Read more...]
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