by Lillian Lake | | Farms, Food
For the last eight years, I’ve been learning about topsoil erosion and preventive, regenerative agricultural practices as a means to understanding how our food is grown and how it relates to the plant-based eating vs. meat-eating discussion. The two instances...
by Lillian Lake | | Desserts, Food, Recipes
September has arrived with a gentle breeze and lower temps in the 70s. For many, September signals the end of summer. I’m still clinging to the knowledge that summer doesn’t end until it ends, no matter the date on the calendar or the number of pumpkin spice lattes...
by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Food
I read on the National Geographic website that Canada is richly endowed and unlikely to run out of water. The writer made some good points but failed to consider Canada’s rising population, increase in agricultural production, adverse effects of climate change, and...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food, Stop Trafficking
A few years ago, as I was doing my catalog Christmas shopping, I had a few questions, so I decided to call the company directly. Their customer service is excellent. As the representative was chatty, I imagine it must have been a slower evening. She asked me what I do...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Climate Change, Food
Agroecology is a term that’s been around awhile; a scientific discipline developed as an answer to not only counteract the damage caused by industrial farming practices but as a deterrent to causing more harm. It studies how different aspects of the...
by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Food, Spiritual
The Lakota phrase Mni Wiconi meaning Water is Life inspires and encourages humanity to protect, honor, and respect the water. Why should we care? In their explanation of the existence of life, scientists, politicians, and religious leaders have failed to understand...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Climate Change, Food
Water is life. Every river, brook, stream, lake, sea, and ocean is essential to all life and from which we get all life. Watching a stream as it travels, you can see how humble it is, and yet, it carries minerals, sticks, leaves, and assists fish and frogs. Water...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food
“The road goes ever on and on. Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone…” (J.R.R.Tolkien) Before I sat down to the computer this morning to do my daily writing, I sat pondering how far we’ve come from the days of living in a cave to the...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Farms, Food
I’m at the end of a tough week that included facilitating family caregiving groups twice a week and reuniting a lost four-year-old with her father. The child had wandered away in the grocery store. Because he kept apologizing, I had a distinct impression the father...
by Lillian Lake | | 21 Day Self-care Tune-up, Food
Father’s Day is June 20th. So I asked my Twitter followers if they remember their dad doing any cooking. As most men responded, I think there must be a special bond between dads and sons when it comes to cooking. Responses ranged from pancakes to barbeques. One man...
