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Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Apr 5, 2008

  Frankenfood: Organic spray pancake batter

In the last week I've discovered twitter . Actually, truth be told, in the last week I made a point to learn a bit about twitter....micro-blogging being the new wave and all. One of the really neat things about twitter....one that makes facebook like, uh, so yesterday....is the ability to...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Apr 2, 2008

  The politics of food and 2006 Stats Canada Census data for Toronto

The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.' data source Toronto has reached a new era of multi-culturalism. Us Torontonians are living in a city with no clear majority of race,...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Feb 27, 2008

  Karma Food Co-operative Inc.: Toronto's only Member Owned Food Co-operative Store

I am on the board of director's for Karma , a co-op that has been running for over 35 years. In 1997-1999 I was on the board of director's for Ebytown Food Co-op in Kitchener (now a 30 year old institution). The contrast in experience is baffling to me in many ways and for many reasons...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Jan 7, 2008

  Here is something quite interesting to chew on

I just read the latest (er, 4th, ?) book from the Uglies Trilogy, by Scott Westerfeld . This is a great science fiction series for youth, btw. Apparently there is a movie to be made by Fox in the works too . Fox might butcher it tho. However, it is this 2008 news clip (thx to...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Jan 14, 2008

  Frankenfood meets nanotechnology this year in a big way

This terrifying knell came straight out of my google alert for frankenfood this morning (emphasis made by moi ) - it should make you run towards the closest organic food market near you (or grow your own!): "A breed of Frankenfood is being introduced into human diet and cosmetics with...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Jan 14, 2008

  The Vitamin D Pandemic

This is an excellent @50 minute long presentation by Michael Holick, PhD, MD conducted on May 5, 2007 (this is best viewed in IE and a very special thanks to Drew for posting this to the MS-Diet list ). Most of our human population on the entire planet is walking around deficient in...... [view]

Posted By:  ohegarty
Posted On:  Jan 15, 2008

  Frankenfood vs Aloe Vera

Two 'Food' Photo tours: You tell me which one you would call food. Photo Tour I (19 macro photos of deli meats aka food) I couldn't watch more than 4 photos of this tour at the beginning. Kudos to the photographer for providing more evidence for my frankenfood 'experiment'. This tour...... [view]

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