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DIY-HP-LED
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DIY-HP-LED
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CunningCanuk
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Loblaws alone is raking in $billions in profits so 2/3 of Canadians are apparently brain dead.
DIY-HP-LED
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Competition, farmers markets, break them up, we are down to a couple of food wholesalers in Canada and discourage US imports, there is lots that can be done right down to community gardens for food banks, it takes leadership and a bit of cash though. It would be more profitable to grow lettuce under your grow lights than pot in Canada FFS
CunningCanuk
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According to the article you posted, the CEO’s of these corporations aren’t very warm to any regulations, as they’re making billions in profit.
community gardens and food banks are essential because of corporate greed.
DIY-HP-LED
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That's where the break them up and competition part comes into play...
Ozumoz66
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My neighbour will no longer be growing sweet potatoes as Loblaws squeezed their profits and physical labour is becoming more difficult to find. Fertilizer and fuel were also contributing factors but to a lesser degree.
Avian flu took a couple of my chickens last year and again this year. Nocturnal predation took half a half dozen laying hens - raccoons are very crafty at bypassing security.
The garden is a place of peace/tranquility, where miracles happen - from seed to food/medicine - what's more miraculous than that!
Here is my smallest garden with lots of sunflowers for the bluejays and two long rows of peanuts. Quite a bit of kale, spinach and peppers too. Radishes, carrots, kohlrabi, beets, lettuces, garlic, rhubarb, and mustard are in the mix. Oregano, parsley, thyme, chives, basil for spices and peppermint are great fresh or dried. Mexican marigolds are on the predominant windward side to waft pyrethrins, to keep the undesirable insects at bay.
The other gardens contain butternut squash, watermelon, muskmelon, and several varieties of tomatoes.
Local markets are numerous here. The seeded sourdough bread is a recent find that is exceptional, toasted with crunchy peanut butter and buckwheat honey.
CunningCanuk
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I love the garden!My neighbour will no longer be growing sweet potatoes as Loblaws squeezed their profits and physical labour is becoming more difficult to find. Fertilizer and fuel were also contributing factors but to a lesser degree.
Avian flu took a couple of my chickens last year and again this year. Nocturnal predation took half a half dozen laying hens - raccoons are very crafty at bypassing security.
The garden is a place of peace/tranquility, where miracles happen - from seed to food/medicine - what's more miraculous than that!
Here is my smallest garden with lots of sunflowers for the bluejays and two long rows of peanuts. Quite a bit of kale, spinach and peppers too. Radishes, carrots, kohlrabi, beets, lettuces, garlic, rhubarb, and mustard are in the mix. Oregano, parsley, thyme, chives, basil for spices and peppermint are great fresh or dried. Mexican marigolds are on the predominant windward side to waft pyrethrins, to keep the undesirable insects at bay.
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The other gardens contain butternut squash, watermelon, muskmelon, and several varieties of tomatoes.
Local markets are numerous here. The seeded sourdough bread is a recent find that is exceptional, toasted with crunchy peanut butter and buckwheat honey.
Farmers can’t survive because they are being gouged by Loblaws, Metro etc., the only ones making money. Like most of our problems today, greed is at the core.
I have a Sobeys close to home and sometimes will shop there for a minor things out of convenience. Twice in the past month I purchased items that were on sale but not adjusted at checkout. This is supposed to be computerized and I wonder how many people don’t even check.
I will not darken a Sobeys door again, convenience be damned.
DIY-HP-LED
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The man worked hard for the money and the poor dear was underpaid, the injustice is outrageous!
DIY-HP-LED
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CunningCanuk
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The poor bastard was only making $5.4 million before the raise. How in hell can you make ends meet with that paltry pittance?
Did you read the article from CBC? There was quite the display of moral gymnastics behind the reasoning for it.
Cannasaurus Rex
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Carbon tax has nothing to do with this either, I suppose. The last 2 years or so has had a hardening of individual entitlement and greed, and here I was expecting a fresh air feel-good group love-in with festivals and music at reasonably afforable levels. We've really fallen into the worship of someone else's money. Canadians need a positive re-affirmation of unity and appreciation of our fellow citizens, from the top down. Leaders of our institutions needs to restore the trust we had in them, not re-affirm reliance. Had someone on FB decree the storm caused interac failure at the Timmies drive-thru as a tragic situation, are we really that fucked as a people?
Ozumoz66
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There is plenty of food waste - about 60% or 35 million metric tons annually - whether in the field (imperfect harvesting techniques/machinery - bruising, overripe, disease, insects, nematodes, etc), during processing/handling, washing, packaging, storage, shipping, etc. Waste also happens at the grocery store, in homes and in restaurants.
Post harvest the sweet potatoes need to be refrigerated to firm up the skins. Then they're washed, graded for size and packaged for shipping. Some days, during grading, the farmer throws out 5 tons due to being too big/small, crooked or damaged. A local company is gifted plenty to be dehydrated for soup ingredients. Deer and coyotes eat well on what's thrown out in the field.
One year Loblaws asked for an early delivery for thanksgiving, which they should've declined due to skins not being firm yet. The shipment was rejected at the Toronto food terminal, even though the product met previously agreed specifications. Upon return to the farm, Loblaws acknowledged their mistake, so it was sent back to the food terminal for a second time in one day (2hr one way). The load was rejected a second time and eventually ended up at a dog food plant in exchange for a $30k charitable donation receipt. The farmer incurred the loss.
cannabineer
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I went and did it
made a Halifax-style donair
The meat is heaven (disclaimer: I used a beef/lamb mix)
but i rate the sauce a syrupy miss.
The knife was instrumental in making slices so thin they approached translucence.
made a Halifax-style donair
The meat is heaven (disclaimer: I used a beef/lamb mix)
but i rate the sauce a syrupy miss.
The knife was instrumental in making slices so thin they approached translucence.
DIY-HP-LED
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Chopped onions and tomatoes finishes it, sprig of fresh parsley if ya wanna be fancy. Adjust the sauce to taste
OldMedUser
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No tomatoes for me. The little seeds trigger my diverticulitis and make my next few days hell.
I sub in loads of hot banana pepper rings, tons of onions and chopped romaine.
Beef is also a trigger so I'm planning to make some out of bison. Seems to make a good spaghetti sauce.
What did you use for your sauce @cannabineer ? I like the sweet sauce so will be using sweetened condensed milk in mine. Didn't specify once and got ranch dressing on one. Could not eat it so had some sweet sauce added but still sucked.
Need some fries made out of real potatoes and not those chemical laden McCain's ones too. Place in Calgary where I had my first one another cab driver turned me on to was just the kind I keep looking for.
Wife made pineapple upside down cake tonight and it's almost done. nom nom nom!
cannabineer
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I’m something of a garnish ascetic.
cannabineer
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Canada Joining Artemis Mission As Scapegoat, Canadian Astronaut Jokes
There's a random Canadian astronaut going to the Moon with three Americans from NASA next year — and according to him, that's by design.
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