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How Fresh is your Salad?

Urbanization has resulted in a diminished interest in home gardening. The vast variety of food available results in dinners that have travelled thousands of miles. Perhaps my interest in this topic was sparked when rushed into a major grocery store and purchased a bottle store brand dill pickles. At home I opened them and bit into one only to be hugely disappointed. Suddenly, I

Labeling Honesty!

Is that cellulose on the label of your ice cream container aspen cellulose the byproduct of making pulp and paper? Upon learning this after touring a pulp and paper plant, I have never looked at the label on a carton of ice cream the same. Just exactly what are modified milk solids? What are edible oil products? At present, a food product can be considered made in Canada if 51% of the ingredients including the packaging materials are Canadian made.