In order to stop climate change, we must change the industrial food production system, based on profit and the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, and restore value to food. The world’s governments will be meeting in Paris from November 30 to December 11 to try to find an global … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
US Approves GM Salmon
CBAN PRESS RELEASE: http://cban.ca/Press/Press-Releases/Canadian-Groups-Concerned-as-US-Approves-GM-Salmon-Canada-to-produce-GM-fish-eggs Canadian environmental and consumer groups are expressing grave concerns over the US government’s approval of the world’s first genetically modified (GM) food … [Read more...]
Pesticides, industrial agriculture and our food
Michel Jacques and Geneviève Longère, leaders of Slow Food Lanaudière Slow Food Lanaudière enjoined Mr. Pierre Paradis, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, to review all laws and regulations governing agriculture in Quebec to help and promote artisan producers. A CBC report dated … [Read more...]
Columbia River Watershed Storytelling Tour launches in Osoyoos November 26, 7-9 pm
Watermark, Osoyoos (15 Park Pl @ Main) Whether we live upriver or downwind, in sharing local stories we can develop sustainable cultural and environmental responses to the challenges that surround us. That’s the premise of the Columbia River Watershed Storytelling Tour, which launches in Osoyoos … [Read more...]