Archive for April, 2010

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Kernels of Truth about Corn

April 21st 2010 | Posted by

My eyes were opened to facts about corn after reading Much depends on dinner by Margaret Visser (New York : Grove Press, 1987, ©1986). I hadn’t realized before I read it how important corn is to the world’s economy nor how wide-spread its use. Corn is used in more than 3,000 products from clothes to [...]

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Quality Films at your Fingertips

April 3rd 2010 | Posted by

I remember, as a kid, a welcomed interruption to school days was a film borrowed from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Those were the days of reels of film which broke or became wonky after many viewings. Well, things have changed! Early last year, in honour of its 70th anniversary, the NFB launched [...]

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