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DYI Tomato Paste The garden has yet again provided a bounty of tomatoes as have the neighbors gardens. Last nights frost saw me out harvesting all of the tomatoes still on the vine which has led to an...
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Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby Wins Gold at 2013 International Chocolate Salon USA Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby won several top awards at the 2013 International Chocolate...
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Sunflower, you are my sunshine The sunflower was first cultivated throughout the region of what is now known as Arizona and New Mexico some 3000 years ago and as such has caused much debate amongst...
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In the News Burger King Concocts lower-calorie ‘Satisfries’ By Bruce Horovitz, USA Today Photo: Noel Barnhurst, AP McDonald’s fries have always given Burger King heartburn –but watch out Ronald...
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Hold the Turkey! Turkey is often blamed for making us lethargic after Christmas dinner. Considering that turkey contains the essential amino acid L-tryptophan which our bodies can metabolize into...
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Smashing Pumpkins The pumpkin has become synonymous with Thanksgiving and Halloween. Beyond the pumpkins symbolism most of us know little about this fruit and leaves most of us reaching for this...
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How to Stuff your Turban The first time I saw a turban squash was over 25 years ago on the cover of an old Harrowsmith Magazine. I was immediately taken by its unique shape which loosely resembled an...
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Famous food rappers and what they rap about! Cabbage roll please Humans the world over have been using food wrappers for centuries to either transport or cook their meals in. Leaves are the most...
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The eggzact truth on eggs…. Sometimes we have to crack a few eggs Chicken Ranching My upper body is covered in random blotches of fiery red sunburn; I have dirt caked into the cracks of my hands and...
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Getting your pumpkin on this weekend? Jack o’ Lantern Numerous religious groups have placed great importance on the last days of October and the first days of November. These include but are not...
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Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby Wins Silver Medal at 2013 International Chocolate Awards, England October 30, 2013 (Vancouver, BC). We are pleased to announce that Wild Sweets® By Dominique...
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Halloween Leftovers! The scariest harvest of the year happened earlier this week as some 4 million Canadian kids take to the streets and rake in their loot from more than 13 million homes that will...
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Potatoes; SWEET! The sweet potato is a distant relative of the potato; so distant that technically they aren’t even in the same family that being the Nightshade. Chronologically, these earth bound,...
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Attention Farmers: Post Your 2014 Jobs & Internships Now! Advertise Your 2014 On-Farm Opportunities through Farms at Work Whether you are looking for full-time help year-round, a part-time summer...
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Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby Opens New Cocoa Bean-To-Bar Chocolate Boutique November 15, 2013 (Vancouver, BC). We are pleased to announce the opening of the online Wild Sweets® By...
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Pets at the Table I’ve discovered a portal. You know like one of those things in a movie where when you pass through it the world as you know it changes. To find it you simply need to get in your...
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Going Cold Turkey Boxing Day, traditionally the day when the working class are to receive gifts from their employers which explains how contemporary thinking has seen the day after Christmas evolve...
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Greetings from the Kawarthas and The Lakefield Village Merchants Presenting the 10th Annual Polar Fest Ice Sculpting Competition The Lakefield Village Merchants are currently planning the 10th...
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Bovine Milk Humans began consuming the milk of other mammals around 9000 BC. It was at this time that we began domesticating animals which led to the agriculture revolution. Farming practices began...
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Sometimes we have to crack a few eggs when we talk about local food! Eggs are laid by birds and reptiles alike; and we have been eating them since the beginning of time when we did more gathering...
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