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Eating organic on modest means

By Melanie Redman
| August 22, 2010

I'm always a little wary when someone gives me tips on how to do this or that on what they are calling "modest means." Depending on who you are and where you come from, the term can mean very different things.

I just found a little piece on WikiHow that lays out some simple tips for eating organically on modest means. I will note that they are specifying modest means as at least $1,000/month after taxes. In downtown Toronto, that does comprise modest means.

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| On July 2nd, USC Canada presented three young organic farmers from both Canada and Honduras, who shared their experiences and explored the global movement to reclaim control over healthy, local food.

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