Brenda Farrell | Turkey & Lifestyle Travel Specialist

The Environmental Working Group, a Washington DC non-profit organization (www.ewg.org) recently published some compelling reasons for choosing organic produce. They examined a wide range of fruits and vegetables for pesticide residue and here is a snapshot of their findings:
The list of the items with the HIGHEST amount of pesticide [...]

Some months back I wrote about the wonderful sighting from the dog beach at Ambleside of the baby green herons, the huge beaver and today, a pod of harbour porpoises in a feeding frenzy in Georgia Straight, escorted by a couple of harbour seals and a few excited seagulls.
At first, [...]

So Canadian Tire is piloting the sale of groceries from their stores.
How anybody would consider buying anything edible from a store that reeks of artificial air fresheners, rubber and chemicals for garden and home is beyond me. An article I read in a newspaper recently (Globe & Mail?) said [...]

Well, after a few wet and blustery days, we again have beautiful blue skies and sunshine. Our temperatures are definitely dropping, but it again feels like Autumn today. Many of the deciduous trees still have green leaves, although there are others that are varying shades of yellow, red [...]

Well, it seems like our weather has finally changed … we are definitely moving into Autumn and although I definitely prefer blue skies and sunshine, there is something very beautiful about this time of year. The winds today are not cold, yet they are definitely rhythmic. Trees are [...]