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Nutritional yeast
What bulk item at Karma do you think triggers the most questions of James Byrne, Karma’s bulk, meat, and cheese purchaser? I’ll give you a hint: Read the title of this article. Members are more curious about those bright yellow nutritional yeast flakes than any of the other bins and tubs of bulk products. First…
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From the GM—May 2018
Dear Karma Members, It’s official. Spring has sprung! The local greens have started to make their way through our doors, and we’re looking forward to what’s to come. We’re patiently awaiting the fiddleheads and wild leeks. We’ll let you know as soon as they arrive! I am very excited to share with you some very…
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From the GM—April 2018
Dear Karma Members, Having just received the first delivery of the 2018 Ontario spinach and lettuce, we’re getting excited about what’s on the horizon for local food! March and April are some of the more difficult months for sourcing local food as the last of the storage crops get used up and we wait for…
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Ask Reece
Dear Reece, I noticed in your last column, you mentioned that exercise doesn’t affect weight. Really? Sincerely, Freely Admiring my Tubbyness Dear FAT, I could just say “yup” (Carneiro 2016)! But instead I’ll say that the more studies I read, the more I think we don’t know very much about weight gain, nutrition, exercise, and…
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Kootenay Co-op in Nelson, BC
Karma is the only food co-operative to which I have ever belonged. Until a few years ago, everything that I knew about co-ops was, therefore, based on Karma’s model. When my friend Lisa and her family moved to Nelson, BC, I was curious about how the co-op she joined there operated. If you have an…
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From the GM—March 2018
Dear Karma Members, It has been a very busy month at the Co-op! We’ve been working hard to bring in some great new products for you with a real focus on reducing plastic and waste. We hope you love the new additions as much as we do. We had a lot of fun researching them…
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Aquabounty’s AquAdvantage Salmon has been approved for sale in Canada
Between April and June of 2017, approximately 4.5 metric tonnes of genetically modified salmon were imported into Canada and most likely sold in Quebec, according to the National Observer. This salmon is not labelled as a genetically modified organism (GMO), nor does it legally have to be. The GMO Atlantic salmon, created by AquaBounty Technologies,…
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From the GM—February 2018
Dear Karma Members, We have been busy working with our social media consultant from Enabling City over the past two months to launch Karma’s first social media campaign! The purpose of the campaign is to help get the word out about Karma and to ultimately drive traffic to the store. We’ll need your help to…
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Ask Reece
Dear Reece, I joined Karma Co-op recently as I’m trying to eat more fresh food in the hopes of losing a few pounds. I’ve been stocking up on natural groceries, seeing the dietitian regularly, and watching videos from my dietician about the dangers of eating processed food and eating out. It’s been three months, and…
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Report from the Board of Directors—January 2018
There were a lot of spirited conversations at this past year’s Annual General Meeting. It was my first AGM and what clearly resonated with me is how deeply members love and are dedicated to Karma. There was a lively discussion around Karma’s financials and a presentation by the Co-op’s new auditor, Thomas Kriens, of Kriens-LaRose.…