Some fresh air news here!! Hard to believe, but it seems the government of Ontario is actually starting to take the environment AND the economy seriously. The Green Energy Act Alliance has announce that Queens Park has enacted a bill to instate a green energy act. From the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Bill ...

Some students at the Uni. of Guelph have created this short mini-doc about consumers in Guelph and the women in Peru using parts of our video. They have made it in Spanish and English so both consumers and producers can hear from each other. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PmCn_NJfbo]

Ready to eat meat, cold cuts, lunch meat consumption down after listeriosis outbreak The CBC has just released the results of a poll conducted looking at what Canadians are eating as far as lunch meat goes. This summers outbreak of listeriosis has driven sales of ready to eat meat down, ...

Fair trade, an economic system that provides transparency in trade, and wages that reflect the work done by laborers in developing countries. Imagine if you could make a difference thousands of miles away, simply by thinking about your purchases and choosing to buy Fair Trade certified products. What better way ...

Wear Fair Releases Fair Trade Organic Cotton Clothing Line A new project of SUMAC Community worker co-operative has just been released. SUMAC is a co-operative located in Guelph, Ontario that is dedicated to providing products from Fair Trade and Organic organisations throughout the world. This new project involves cotton producers in ...

"Every Time We Eat, We Are Essentially Eating Oil" Is it possible that what we eat contributes greatly to our carbon footprint? Is it possible that we can cause change, and help the environment by changing our eating habits? It has been said by many respected environmentalists that "every time ...