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Kombucha – Allow Islanders to Buy Local!

January 27, 2018 by Brad Trivers Leave a Comment

The Guardian just reported that locally-made Kombucha from Heartbeet Organics has been banned from sale in restaurants while at the same time imported Kombucha is available for purchase in grocery stores. http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/teresa-wright-kombucha-crackdown-180995/ Another case where government not only doesn’t encourage buying local products but actively deters this (provincial protein tender is another – they specify […]

Filed Under: Blog, Economic Development, Featured, Finance Tagged With: buy local, Kombucha

School Food Programs

June 12, 2017 by Brad Trivers 1 Comment

PEI School Food Programs - Rolls

To have a healthy body and mind a person needs to have enough good quality food.  This is especially true for children and youth.  It is one of the key ways to prevent illness.  Lack of enough healthy food results in physical and mental problems – this impacts our happiness, well-being, ability to work, need for […]

Filed Under: Blog, Education, Featured, Health and Wellness Tagged With: buy local, food security

Community Supported Agriculture

April 11, 2017 by Brad Trivers Leave a Comment

List of CSAs on PEI - PEI Food Exchange

Have you signed up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program in your area yet?  I would highly recommend it! Here is my member’s statement about CSA’s from the legislature April 11, 2017. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize the many Community Supported Agriculture programs in our province – also known as CSA’s. A CSA […]

Filed Under: Agriculture, Blog, Economic Development, Featured Tagged With: buy local, CSA, Food

Encourage and enable buying local – e.g. standard labeling

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Buy local initiatives across the board – labeling of products – so we can support our local producers and know what we are buying – can’t tell right now in grocery stores. “Build communities and use community resources – skills from citizens, by citizens, for citizens.” References Strategic economic development plan needed

Filed Under: Economic Development, Finance, Government Areas Tagged With: buy local, labeling

TPP and CETA will not allow to buy local

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The PEI provincial government needs to lobby the Canadian Federal government to ensure that the right to purchase locally is not superseded by national trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). References The Globe and Mail – Jan 30, 2016 – For Canadian innovators, will TPP mean protection […]

Filed Under: Finance, Trade Tagged With: buy local, CETA, TPP

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