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53 km in 3.5 days
Last week the boyfriend and I travelled to Sleeping Giant to hike 53 km over the course of 3.5 days. It was an amazing trip – we both have such a passion for hiking and really enjoyed both the beauty...
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(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
Today I'm rescuing fruit from a homeowner's yard that would otherwise go to waste. I love Fruit Share. Photos courtesy of another Fruit Share volunteer.
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Lessons from a food handler course
Did the person who last handled your cutlery wash their hands first? Yesterday I took an all-day food handler course for my work with Fruit Share, which resulted in an exam at the end of the day (I...
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What they don’t tell you about Butterball turkeys (and why you should never...
This year for Thanksgiving, I managed to convince the mother dear to purchase a local, organic, free-range turkey for the annual meal. It cost about a dollar more per pound, but it was worth every...
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An easy fix for wilted plants
Fun tip of the day! Did you know that… Tap water often contains chlorine, which can be damaging to plants? It’s true! The chlorine in water isn’t the best thing for your house plants, but there’s a...
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How Can I Live Healthier?
This is a pretty big question that I think we can all continue to ask ourselves every day, no matter how far along our healthy journey we are. We might be close to our healthy peak in one area of our...
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What inspires you to live healthy?
I’ve been “living not blogging” the past month – I’ll do my best to start “living AND blogging” again I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what inspires us to be healthy, to eat well, to stay active....
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Why we’re better off without factory farms
Factory farms can be cruel to animals, pollute the environment, treat workers very poorly and be bad for our health. I like to think that most of us have at least a vague understanding of why factory...
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How to make the switch to all-natural household products
I like to think that it’s inevitable that anyone who begins focusing on improving their nutrition, exercising regularly, being “greener,” and so on will get themselves involved in each of these other...
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Five Ways to Keep Your Home Healthy
Sometimes we get so caught up in thinking about how to keep our bodies healthy through nutrition and fitness that we forget about the effects that the environment we live in can have on us! Here, five...
View ArticleReduce Waste in the New Year
Happy New Year, blogger friends! On our healthy living radio show last week, my co-host Mary Jane and I talked about how waste impacts the environment and about some of the things that we can do at...
View ArticleGetting Past the Perils of Cycling in Winnipeg
Walking has always been my transportation mode of choice. But in the summer when you want to get around without taking a huge chunk of time out of your day, cycling is an excellent alternative. You can...
View ArticleA Better Way to Decrease Your Carbon Footprint
When we talk about things like carbon footprint and reducing our impact on the environment in terms of changing our food sources, we usually talk about it in terms of BIG changes that we can make....
View ArticleReview: Green Virgin Products
I recently had the opportunity to try laundry detergent and handcrafted bar soap from Green Virgin Products. It’s always so nice to discover new, natural, green products on the market! Green Virgin...
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