Feeding Ourselves Afresh
Let's get real for just a moment about what's going on with our food system – and then let's get busy fixing it. Shock and anxiety over...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Jul 2, 20232 min read
To Locate Ourselves
You know how the interior of big franchise stores are so familiar, so uniform from one to the next that, once inside, you couldn't say if...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Boots on the Ground
I recently heard humans described as an "overabundant, renewable resource" by author, filmmaker, and champion of localization Helena...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Jan 7, 20222 min read
The Winter Larder
It's a funny time of year to try to connect to place through food. Our recent record-setting cold spell has cast such a deep, icy...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Aug 19, 20214 min read
Plant the Water, Then the Tree
Here in Alberta our weather woes typically involve cursing our frozen fingers as we scrape icy windshields or groaning when May rain...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Apr 23, 20213 min read
Town and Country
Every year when it comes time to replenish my garden soil I'm reminded of how we city folk rely on country folk to make our world go 'round
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Jackie Skrypnek
Nov 20, 20202 min read
Sweater Weather
In June when I wrote about our new backyard greenhouse, the fresh white paint inside had barely dried and the young plants, still tidy...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Jun 6, 20202 min read
Vegetables Guaranteed
Here we are in a new season - and in some ways a new world entirely - and I'm happy to report our little food-growing addition is complete.
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Jackie Skrypnek
Mar 23, 20203 min read
For Certain
Here's what's keeping me grounded and hopeful; what's acting as both a balm and a way to be deliberate about the future:
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Jackie Skrypnek
Feb 20, 20202 min read
Circumstance Dictates
We've been cooking up a new little project for our urban plot at Hereabouts - a wee space for soaking up the sun and growing more food.
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Jackie Skrypnek
Jan 25, 20192 min read
All Together Now
"We need to create a vibrant and tight knit community around our food systems in order to achieve substantive change." -Zev Friedman Part...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Oct 26, 20182 min read
A Trick or Two
Summer has come and gone in Alberta and as you may have heard (or experienced yourself!) we actually endured several weeks of winter...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Jul 6, 20183 min read
Food From Home
"By this action, what am I saying 'yes' to?" -Charles Eisenstein, The Yoga of Eating Deep into last winter I had my doubts we'd ever feel...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Mar 14, 20182 min read
Begin Again
Well, we've done it! We've seen ourselves through another winter. Sure, it's not fully behind us yet, but the darkest and the coldest of...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Oct 31, 20173 min read
3 Sisters, 1 Recipe
With summer well and truly behind us and fall swiftly morphing into winter, it's a good time to don a thick sweater and take stock of...
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Jackie Skrypnek
Mar 2, 20173 min read
Full-Spectrum Garden
The First of March. That time of year when we feel we can almost glimpse spring ahead. And yet, if you've lived in Alberta long enough...
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