January 1, 2017
Heather Martin embraces the ‘eat local’ challenge and discovers a land of plenty Intense caffeine withdrawals and tomato sauce made with honey were not exactly what I’d expected when I sunk my locavore teeth into a week-long 100-mile diet attempt. The environmental-friendly initiative, popularized by Alisa Smith and J.B. McKinnon in the book The 100 Mile Diet: A Year of…
December 1, 2016
The art of gathering medicines and foods from nature is being revived. For most of us, the Island’s waters and forests are a source of beauty and offer an escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life. What we don’t often recognize is that these natural settings are also a valuable source of medicinal herbs and nutritional foods. The…
November 1, 2016
“A cubicle job would crush my soul. Not everyone is wired to do those kinds of jobs. . . I get to see the sun rise every morning. I love being my own boss.” Andy Rayner knew that he was meant to be a fisherman. Growing up fishing certainly influenced his career path; “When I lived in other provinces or…
November 1, 2016
Charlottetown’s Urban Beehive Project marks first milestone. If you have a vivid imagination, you might initially mistake the two unique structures at the far edge of the Legacy Garden for alien pods. Upon closer inspection, you’ll see the hexagon-inspired structures are of this world and offer an essential function in food production as dwellings for nature’s most revered pollinators, bees.…
November 1, 2016
It’s entirely possible that you drive by Canada’s largest urban garden regularly without even realizing it. From University Avenue all you can see is the squat, brown 1970’s building known as the PEI Farm Centre, hugged on either side by the CBC building and the Allen Street Sobeys. When you go around to the back of the building, however, you…