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Posts tagged with ‘food’ (31)


As Happy as a... Pig?


Posted by Jessica Bell on Thursday, August 05, 2010


Pigs are known to be smarter creatures than most of us care to admit, but now Scientists in England believe they've discovered they have strong emotions too.

In a series of harmless experiments, experts at Newcastle University separated groups of pigs to determine their response to different ...

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Packaging Made of Mushrooms Stamps out Styrofoam


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Wednesday, July 28, 2010




The next time you open a box you bought at the store or had shipped to your home, it may be packed with mushrooms.

The abundant fungi are being touted as the future of eco-packaging.

Credit: Edward Browka, Ecovative Design

A new line of product cradles made with Mycobond™, a mixture of mushroom ...

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A Short Tale About Plastic


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Wednesday, July 21, 2010




Oceans from Sol Linero on Vimeo.

Artist Sol Linero takes on plastic in this colourful short animation.




Off to the Grocery Cart Races?


Posted by Jessica Bell on Tuesday, June 08, 2010




You probably wouldn't think of a grocery cart as anything other than, well, a grocery cart. This piece of meshed metal on wheels isn't built to be used as the vehicle in a full-blown thrill ride.

But those living in the streets of Vancouver disagree.

Carts of Darkness, a new documentary by filmmaker ...

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Local Bounty


Posted by Graham Lanktree on Tuesday, June 01, 2010




Farmers' markets in Ottawa have become a staple of the city's urban mosaic, drawing large crowds with their atmosphere and fresh produce and offering an alternative to the large grocery chains that are dominant throughout Canada.



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