I think one of my next Compost Piles will have to centre on endocrine disruption. There has been credible science pointing to low dose endocrine effects from man made chemicals for over 15 years and yet we haven’t forced testing of even the heavily regulated pesticides. The two most commonly used herbicides in North America [...]

There were several questions that came up at the Joel Salatin event at Brickworks last night that I can provide my perspective on. I didn’t respond at the event because I figured you all came to hear Joel not me. 1. Canadian Wheat Board: This one shouldn’t even be controversial. We went voluntary with the [...]

The Compost Pile originated with using a picture of a compost pile in a rant I wrote about deceptive labelling in our mostly monthly newsletter. The oblique connection between the two was that both were a pile of crap. I’ve decided to keep “The Compost Pile” as the heading for my personal opinion pieces because [...]

The Compost Pile I know this article is long in the 140 character universe but I’ve been finding tweeting wholly unsatisfying for anything other than linking to well-written articles elsewhere. I’ve had two very strong reminders in the last little while that we all experience life from our own relative viewpoint and it is virtually [...]

This was originally written for our newsletter last fall but the prominence of Schneider’s ads for their all natural line of bs (bacon and sausages) makes it just as relevant so I thought I would resurrect it as a post. Has anyone else noticed the ads that Maple Leaf is running for “preservative free” ham? [...]

Just a short rant this month (it is spring despite the weather – 8 calves this week) Those of you with a debating background or a good grounding in critical thinking will know the meaning of “red herring” – it’s essentially an argument that is thrown out there to distract you from the real argument. [...]