Research shows that Greens+ greatly improves bone building in people who suffer from osteoporosis.

So much talk about local food, and yet I can go to a farmer’s market and come home with fruit from California. The farmer’s aren’t from California – so what is going on?

Have you ever bemoaned the price of a small package of frozen berries just when you’ve decided that a fruit cobbler is exactly what you need to fend off those winter blues? You won’t have to pay those high winter prices if you’ve been a savvy summer shopper. Here are three simple ways to preserve fruit that do not require mastering the art of canning.

It’s wonderful that Calgary now has a blue-cart recycling program, but let’s not forget that reducing waste is still the most important of the three Rs. Applying some common sense and imagination to the lunches we pack for ourselves and our children is one of the best ways we can cut back on home, school, and workplace throwaway trash. Considering that a “normal” child’s lunch generates about 30 kilograms of waste during the school year, there’s lots of room for improvement.

It seems like we can still hear the year end school bell echoing when stores start promoting their “Back to School” sales. When it is time to head back, children are most able to meet all the challenges of a new school year, ranging from exam pressures to cold and flu season, when they have adequate nutrition to fuel their growing minds and bodies. Despite our ample food supply, children can fall short on many vital nutrients, potentially hindering their mental and/or physical ability to achieve success. The following table outlines some of the nutrients that are important to our children’s health and development.