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    Dig in to December
    Jackie Skrypnek
    • Nov 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Dig in to December

    Earth is leaning away from our star as though playing a bit coy, backing off as though it just needs a little space before it can draw back in again. This loss of intimacy with the sun leaves us chilled and lacking light, feeling a tad solitary; in the northern hemisphere, it's winter. Of course, just as our days are shortest, Christmas comes to offer a celebratory reprieve. Regardless of whether the holidays induce true jolliness and wonder or something closer to frazzlement
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    Food From Home
    Jackie Skrypnek
    • Jul 6, 2018
    • 3 min

    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 the warmth of July again. Yet here we are, well into summer, the season of abundance, the earth putting forth food in full force. And with all that production comes opportunity. Opportunity not only to seize fresh, nutrient-dense, full-flavoured produce, but to connect more deeply with place and shape the world we live in. Because eating is
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    Start Where We Are
    Jackie Skrypnek
    • Jan 21, 2017
    • 3 min

    Start Where We Are

    INDIGENOUS: "produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment" "Someone who learns to use all their senses to carefully observe nature and people before making judgements, use intuition and subtle sensing instead of reductionist thought to make choices and guide relationships, articulate and adhere to goals and priorities, and pragmatically mimic the elegant and effective patterns found in natural ecosystems and in organisms, this person
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