Tag Archive 'Vanessa Farquharson'

Pass Me The Genetically Altered Corn Please

Posted in Wellbeing on Feb 25th, 2010

One of the many reasons I love what I do is it gives me an excuse to be a geeky fan and get my photo taken with rock stars, nutrition authors, super food heroes and most recently, two living legends: Michael Schmidt (far right), who was recently acquitted of all charges relating to selling and distributing raw milk and raw milk produect. The dapper gentleman on the left is Percy Schmeiser, who was sued by Monsanto when his canola crops were contaminated with Monsanto’s GMO seeds. There next to me is, author, journalist and my bestest Vanessa Farquharson. And yes, I’ll admit that I got a little star struck with these legends. I met them last weekend at the Your Food, Your Choice: Grounds For Change conference put on by the Canadian Organic Growers where the theme of the day was simply to say no to GMO.

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Green Kitchens and A Naked Winner

Posted in Green on Jun 13th, 2009

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Since I couldn’t locate the photos I have of Vanessa sleeping naked, I had to use the adorable one of her sitting in her empty fridge. Last Saturday, as part of Green Week, I reviewed the wonderfully hilarious memoir Sleeping Naked Is Green,  by world renowned (she really is)green author and naked sleeper Vanessa Farquharson. [...]

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