The People's Food Policy is encouraging voters to attend debates and ask candidates questions about the close to 2.5 million Canadians who are regularly concerned about having enough food to eat.
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Corporate rotten eggs
What do a half-billion eggs have to do with democracy? The massive recall of salmonella-infected eggs, the largest egg recall in U.S. history, opens a window on the power of large corporations over not only our health, but over our government.
While scores of brands have been recalled, they all can be traced back to just two egg farms. Our food supply is increasingly in the hands of larger and larger companies, which wield enormous power in our political process. As with the food industry, so, too, is it with oil and with banks: Giant corporations, some with budgets larger than most nations, are controlling our health, our environment, our economy and increasingly, our elections.
MakerCulture: Playing with our food
It's an unusual Friday night at Grinder, a small coffee shop in Toronto. There is an alien in someone's cup, hearts in another and someone else sees their face in their mug.
What's even stranger is how local artists replaced paintbrushes and pencils with milk and cinnamon powder. The cause of this madness is an event called "Medium: Coffee Live Latte Art for Non-Latte Artists."
What these five artists did is part of the MakerCulture movement, the idea of taking things into your own hands, and producing new objects.
"It was different," says Abra Dolman, a participating artist. "I can't say I've ever used coffee, espresso, or milk as a medium before."
Watch the rebroadcast: The world we want! An evening with Frances Moore Lappe
USC Canada presents an inspiring evening with the visionary author of the ground-breaking Diet for a Small Planet (1971), Frances Moore Lappé. Based on her new book, EcoMind, Lappé confronts our current myths about markets, food, and environmental issues, challenging us to change the way we think so we can create the world we want. Watch live at 7:30PM EST.
Veggie dog giveaway in front of Quality Meat Packers
Toronto Pig Save along with other animal rights groups decided to take back the neighbourhood and show what is possible in a residential area overshadowed by the QMP pig slaughterhouse.
In place of a pig slaughterhouse, TPS is advocating for a just transition for workers on Labour Day -- safe, fulfilling, and meaningful jobs needed to support a food economy that is local, organic, and whole grain- and plant-based.
2011 TaiwanFest
Sep 3 2011 - 12:00pm
Sep 5 2011 - 10:00pm
Location
Vancouver Art Gallery Plaza and Granville St.
700 Granville St. and 801 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1H4Canada
Phone:
604-263-9311 Ext. 108
49° 16' 57.0072" N, 123° 7' 5.178" W
See map: Google Maps
TaiwanFest returns to Vancouver Downtown during the Labour Day weekend.
Highlights are great fusion concerts, funky Techno Prince dance, Taiwanese Aboriginal artisans, inspiring documentaries, fabulous culinary shows, brand new games for all ages, world's best beef noodle and the first-ever street banquet that celebrates Vancouver 125.
This festival is about to change you how you see Taiwanese culture! Admission Free!
Contact name:
Debby Sung
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