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		<title>Does Wild Taste Better or is Hunger the Ultimate Spice?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a kid I’ve noticed that the impression a meal makes on me is directly proportionate to the lengths I went to in order to prepare it. Like when I go fishing whatever I catch tastes great, way better than any fancy local fishmonger bought equivalent. Having an inquisitive mind with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/food-type/organic/does-wild-taste-better-or-is-hunger-the-ultimate-spice/</link>
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		<title>Escape to the Organic Farm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wanted to just chuck it all and escape back to the land? I&#8217;ve harboured that fantasy every once in a while when the rush of urban life seems too much. Yes, even though the thought of actually getting my hands dirty grosses me out. (Hey, I&#8217;ve never claimed to be more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/general/escape-to-the-organic-farm/</link>
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		<title>The Real Cost of Food</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Often when we think of food costs, we&#8217;re only considering the immediate funds out of pocket. But it&#8217;s also important to factor in the big picture. Food is fuel for your body. If it&#8217;s poor quality, your engine isn&#8217;t going to run as well as you need it to. 

It may be hard to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/general/the-real-cost-of-food/</link>
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		<title>The Link Between Diet and Food Systems</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What we eat, how our agricultural systems work, and how the food industry operates are entirely entwined. Think about it. We don&#8217;t eat what we want, we eat what&#8217;s put in front of us.
Food expert, nutritionist, NYU professor, and author of Food Politics, Marion Nestle explains how our food systems have reached this point, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/general/link-between-diet-and-food-systems/</link>
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		<title>Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the beautiful spring sun begins to awaken our gardens &#8217;tis the season to start growing your own gourmet mushrooms.  It&#8217;s not as hard as you&#8217;d think!
Start with a mushroom block. It&#8217;s a super easy way to keep yourself stocked up on delicious mushrooms throughout the year. The blocks come pre &#8220;seeded&#8221; and just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/region/vancouverbc/grow-your-own-gourmet-mushrooms/</link>
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		<title>Will Allen at Growing Out of Hunger Event</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find out how this former professional basketball player, corporate sales executive and urban farmer is feeding 10,000 people and starting a community food revolution out of his inner-city farms in Milwaukee and Chicago. Winner of the $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship in 2008, Will Allen is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to under-served [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/events/will-allen-at-growing-out-of-hunger-event/</link>
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		<title>Spring Into the Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hah! So I am NOT the only one itching to get into the garden! There is already a whole workshop series lined up&#8230;
Village Vancouver is pleased to present gardening workshops with Grant Watson of Gourmet Gardens. Grant is a former organic farmer and has been teaching gardening to adults and children since 2003. He also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/events/spring-into-the-garden/</link>
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		<title>Urban Garden Prep at VanDusen Botanical Garden</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These days every time I walk by the community garden where my plot is located, I start feeling itchy. I know we&#8217;re all ramped up for the 2010 Winter Olympics and it&#8217;s only mid-February, but the crocuses are already in full bloom and we haven&#8217;t a stitch of snow on the local mountains (ironic, isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/events/urban-garden-prep-at-van-dusen/</link>
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		<title>Food Labels: Naturally Raised (or Natural) Meat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from Ecoholic
&#8220;According to the CFIA, this label should mean the animal was raised without human intervention (i.e. vaccines, hormones or antibiotics). Some health stores use the term on their meat to mean hormone-, antibiotic-, GMO- and animal-by-product-free, as well as free-range. But the feed isn&#8217;t organic.&#8221;
Excerpt from GreenerChoices.org
&#8220;If you came across a package of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/definitions/food-labels-naturally-raised-or-natural-meat/</link>
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		<title>Drinking Beer Just Got More Local</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey gang, drinking beer just got a whole lot more local, thanks to the newly revived BC hops growing industry and partnerships with local breweries.
&#8220;Sixty years ago, the sight of workers harvesting hops in the fall was commonplace in BC, especially in the Fraser Valley, where as many as 4,000 seasonal labourers were needed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.localdelicious.com/general/drinking-beer-just-got-more-local/</link>
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