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A student-run eatery at the University of Manitoba did away with Styrofoam takeout containers, instead serving lunches in biodegradable containers.
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L. rhamnosus inhibits growth of most harmful bacteria in the gut. It is used as a natural preservative in yogurt and other dairy products to extend the shelf life. Some studies have been done on its in vivo effects.
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Scientists from Laval University and the Food Research and Development Center Agriculture and Agri-food Canada investigated the protecting effect of microencapsulation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus R011 in semisweet biscuits, vegetable juice and a frozen cra
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I registered today for this event.
Northern Voice 2007 | Canada’s Blogging Conference
Northern Voice is a two-day, non-profit personal blogging conference that’s being held at the UBC main campus on February 23-24, 2007.
I’m looking forward to it.
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“U.S. and global annual temperatures are now approximately 1.0°F warmer than at the start of the 20th century, and the rate of warming has accelerated over the past 30 years….”
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Its the end of the world as we know it… “Global catastrophic events throughout our past have severed the flow of information from one generation to the next, creating permanent gaps in history and knowledge.”
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from 24 January 2007
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from AberdeenNews.com
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From Composting Info Updates » Blog Archive. This online retailer doesn’t mention bokashi but does refer to fermenting organic matter. There are alternatives… Find me.:-)
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The neighborhood will include rose and fragrance gardens, meditation-conducive ”muse” gardens, a shade garden, seasonal gardens and a community garden center. A master horticulturist will be on hand to teach residents how to tend them all.
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“We are offering to residents in the Borough a free Bokashi Bin to compost kitchen waste.” [Only in the UK, you say? Pity.]
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Its not what you write, its how it look that conveys authority.
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Harvesting the aboveground vegetation annually makes it possible to reduce the concentration of cadmium in soil to safe levels in three to 10 years. Phytoextraction costs about $250 to $1,000 per acre per year, while the alternative costs about $1 million
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This reminds me of mock doc I saw a few years ago called the “The Font Doctor” - a Hollywood consultant advising people writing film treatments to avoid using Ariel and Helvetica. Looks like they - despite their jesting - were right:
The Effect of Typeface on the Perception of Email
The millions of people that email friends, family members, and co-workers should be aware of the fact that typeface can have an effect on the perception of the content. Typefaces should be chosen to reflect the message of the content and care should be taken to ensure that the typeface does not conflict with the intentions of the author.
Read it all…
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How to get a $30 Water Rebate on a Bokashi Compost Bin at James5
Having just moved into a new unit with my wife Clare, we have been spending a lot of time debating what sort of compost bin to get. It’s been very frustrating at the moment having nowhere to put all those kitchen scraps - it’s horrible them chucking them out. We didn’t really have the big money to buy one of those great tumblers or $250+ Aerobins (which look awesome), but had heard good things about the Bokashi composting system. And I worked out a way to get $20 off the usual price of about $99AUS.
For those who haven’t heard about them, they are a Japanese composting system that ferments the organic material before you put it in the garden. It is pretty compact so it just sits in the kitchen, is airtight so is odourless and you can put just about anything in there - even meat scraps! Every time you add food stuff you add a small layer of microbes to help eat it up. Once the bin is full you can drain off the liquid to use as liquid fertiliser and bury the rest in a hole and it will degrade in a few days. A really neat little system.
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Tim who has two bokashi kits, is going to use liquid Biosa to reduce the growth of mold in his bathroom.
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I attended this meeting as I said I would here
I don’t have reporting skills to take word for word notes, so I’ll let the pictures do the talking instead:
A very diverse group….
…with many interests and agendas. Some want to plant flowers in grey/concrete spaces. Others want to grow food in abandoned spaces and community gardens. Some have access to garden and growing space while others don’t.
The co-ordinator of this event is Oren
wearing the cap.
Ward is beginning a business making and selling turn-key raised bed gardens and is chatting with Eileen who grows flowers in over 900 square feet of garden space in a number of community gardens.
Justin - who went out and built his own community garden near where he lives - wants to setup a non-profit group to organize offical community gardens in various parts of the city, is talking with Jan who has done similar work in the U.S.
It will be interesting to see where this leads.
The meeting was held at the Foundation Lounge which served a great food platter for all of us.
http://commgardens.meetup.com/56/?gj=sj5
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