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All I remember about cows when I was younger was seeing them when I drove by a field and thinking ‘wow...they’re bigger than I thought!’.  I don’t even think I really knew, or wanted to know, what (or who) went into the cheeseburgers I ate when I was younger. ...

Kale has definitely seemed to become more popular recently - which is a-ok with me!  It has SO many healthy benefits, is easy to prepare (pro-tip: massage it by hand with lemon juice for a bit to soften it before eating raw!), and is one of the easiest vegetables to...

Not growing up with friends or relatives who lived on a farm, I never even saw a chicken face-to-face until just a few years ago (and I’m 38 years old!).  I mean, I may have seen them at the zoo when I was little...you know how some zoos have a little ‘petting zoo’...

Gotta love a food that’s literally shaped like a tree.  I know that you know that broccoli is healthy, but I bet you don’t know how truly nutrition-packed it is.  Broccoli is a verdant vegetable (no thanks needed for teaching you a new word today!), and the Italian...

I’ve always been an animal lover, but it wasn’t until I started looking into this thing called veganism a few years ago that I came to appreciate the beauty and uniqueness of animals other than the cats and dogs I grew up with. When you think of a pig, what’s the...

When we moved into our new rental home in Fanny Bay, BC in the summer of 2019, I was SO excited to get started on gardening in actual gardening beds, as all I’ve really had before are balcony gardens (which can be limiting).  It’s definitely been a learning process...