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A Letter to Our Northern Ally

I love you, Canada. I love your warm, friendly, polite people. I love your laid back attitude, your diversity, your tolerance and your radio shows. I love your optimism, your excitement and your enthusiasm. But I don’t love your plan to kill wolves. I harbor no illusions. The world’s population is growing, and with it [...]

February 11, 2012 0
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Canadian Organic Growers Host Toronto Conference

I’d normally apologize for the slow updates, but I’m afraid I can’t be contrite about this one. I just got back from an amazing trip to Toronto to visit my fiance and see one of my favorite bands. (They’re called The Darkness. I could go on and on about how awesome they are, but that’s [...]

February 4, 2012 2
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Tales of a Vegan Butcher

Back when I was in college, I became famous among my friends for making gyoza – Japanese pork dumplings that are fairly akin to Chinese pot stickers. I was making them with a friend one night and asked her to help me by mixing the meat and other ingredients by hand. She recoiled, disgusted. “I’m [...]

January 22, 2012 0