If you’re wondering why we emphasize that our animals are grass-fed and pastured, this book by Jo Robinson should answer most of your questions. She pulls together the research and puts it in layman’s terms. If you want to save yourself reading the book, repeat after me – grass-fed meat is significantly healthier than feedlot-fed [...]

I couldn’t resist a book with this title – when a partner at PwC heard that Silvia and I were expecting our 4th child (we now have 5) he proclaimed “Harry, you realize you’re a real statistical outlier now!”. If only he knew the half of it. The book takes an entertaining look at the [...]

Leonard Mlodinow takes the reader on a breezy journey through the history and application of the mathematics of probability and randomness. I found it a fascinating read but then I was the guy you loved to hate in high school math class. Provides a good explanation of why you can’t seem to win picking Mutual [...]

Written by Richard Stearns the president of World Vision US, the book looks at the problems of the world from a Christian perspective and asks the question “What does God expect of us?”. Be prepared for a convicting answer. This book is essentially a call to action for the western Christian world to live their [...]

Written by James Orbinski, a Canadian and former international head of Medcins Sans Frontieres. This book takes a look inside some of the major humanitarian tragedies of the last few decades from the viewpoint of an insider who was there: Rwanda, Somalia, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. Not as dark an account as Shake Hands with [...]

OK, not everything I read has to do with food. This first hand account of Canada’s “peace-keeping” role in Rwanda by General Romeo Dallaire should be a mandatory read for everyone in the Western world. It’s not an easy read and it leaves you questioning the facade of civility in our society but it opened [...]

This is a book you’re not just going to go out and pick up at Indigo. It’s written by Joel Salatin, one of our mentors. The sub title is “The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm Friendly Food”. To quote the cover “Holy Cows and Hog Heaven has one overriding objective: encourage every food buyer to [...]

Michael Pollan’s seminal work chronicles the backstory behind four meals that Michael consumes – a fast food burger, conventional organic, pastured organic, and a hunter/gatherer style meal. Recommended reading for anyone questioning the food they put in their mouth. In this book, you’ll meet Joel Salatin, one of the mentor’s for the Stoddart Family Farm. [...]