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Atripla online store, OCTOBER 5, 2007 - With Canadian Thanksgiving just around the corner, we thought we'd feature a report on an inspiring feast from a corner of the country we don't hear from all that often. Here's Nik from the Beyond Factory Farming Coalition in Bouctouche, Buy cheap atripla, New Brunswick:

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When it all comes down to it, locally grown food is soul food. As we feasted together in Bouctouche, atripla wi, we remembered that Marc had grown the zucchini, Buy atripla without prescription, Guylaine had baked the bread and Serge had tended the grapes. These, our neighbours, friends, and family, blessed and nourished us with their work and we were deeply thankful. You would never see the CEOs of multinational food conglomerates celebrating the beauty of food and thanking those who produce it, atripla online store. To them, food is simply a commodity. To local food advocates it is much, much more than that.

Thanks, Nik - and Alisa and I do encourage people to check out the Beyond Factory Farming website (link above). Among other things, it includes a citizen's guide to what to do when a factory farm wants to open up in your community, as well as a toolkit for taking action against the new meat regulations that are hitting B.C.'s small farmers hard.

Finally, if you've been hankering to weigh the pros and cons of local eating with a community of people who care, then Canada's intelligent Walrus magazine is hosting an online debate on the topic.-JBM.

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