I had the privilege of hearing Percy Schmeiser speak recently. Monsanto sued this prairie farmer for growing Round-up Ready Canola when in fact he hadn’t […] Read More
Month: February 2010
Percy Schmeiser is a Canadian farmer from small town Saskatchewan. He has been farming for more than 50 years, saving his own seed, developing some […] Read More
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I share this poem with you. My favourite love poem. It is by Pablo Neruda, Nobel laureate who arose to […] Read More
Global Exchange is doing amazing work. I used their web site and various reports and resources a lot when I was working on the chocolate […] Read More
Honeybees are dropping like flies. Around the world beekeepers are reporting massive die-offs of these essential pollinators. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) as it is called […] Read More
A crowd has gathered on Granville Street at Helmcken in front of a vacant store. There is a shopping cart there with large buckets in […] Read More