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Provenance Food Culture Series

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

You may recognize the name Anthony Nicalo if you’re familiar with Farmstead Wines, but he is also the co-founder of the non-profit, FarmFed which encourages people to consider just where their food really comes from. UBC Farm – Photo credit: David Bradbeer on Flickr Over the next few months, they will be hosting a series […]

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Earth Day Vancouver 2009

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

This year’s Earth Day celebrations in Metro Vancouver aren’t just taking place April 22nd, but they’re spanning across a week and two full weekends. Here’s a quick rundown of events around the region. Evergreen’s Earth Day Kicking things off the weekend before Earth Day, Evergreen’s Earth Day will see the planting of 4,000 native trees […]

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100 Mile Challenge in Mission, BC

Comments 9 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Based on the best-selling book (and blog) by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, the Food Network’s new series, The 100 Mile Challenge, is testing the lifestyle habits of families in Mission, BC. I recently did a write up about the show for E!Online and soon after started counting my own food miles. Photo credit: Roland […]

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Metro Vancouver Recycles and the Zero Waste Challenge

Comments 6 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The other day we were taking our recyclables down to the bins and noticed the garbage dumpster was overflowing (at least 3 feet above the rim). When we got closer I noticed that one of the top layers of waste was milk and orange juice cartons – about a dozen of them. With six recycle […]

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Green Movie Nights in Surrey

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

During these particular economic times I’ve noticed many more people are heading out to a night at the theatre (whether it be live, or film) – it’s a great form of entertainment that’s easy on the wallet. There are many ways to catch a flick in town, from Hockey Nights in Film and the upcoming […]

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