Resources

Backyard Chickens

my Backyard Chickens is a website which covers a vast array of information about raising chickens in a smaller setting, complete with coop building plans for sale and FAQs about raising chickens, this website gives a lot of insight into housing chickens for the first timer

Food


100 Days of Real Food is a blog and website written by a mother who fed her family whole/real foods for 100 days and has continued as in best efforts to do so.  With lots of information ranging from recipes to what tools she uses in her kitchen, I've spent hours reading up on whole foods and how best to include them in everyday meals.

The Big Carrot is an organic co-op food store located in Toronto, with great prices and a variety of food items it's a favourite location for me

Meat Inspection Regulations, Proper Treatment of Animals is the official Canadian Department of Justice website outlining the Meat Inspection Regulations as given to slaughter houses and all those associated with the slaughtering of animals for food

Determining a Stunned Animal- a website which outlines how to determine whether or not an animal is properly stunned prior to slaughter

Doctor Temple Grandin's website which has various information about humane slaughter practices, as well as humane slaughter house designs and systems

Durham Organics is an organic food service within the Durham Region of Ontario that will deliver organic fruits and vegetables right to your door (provided you live in the Durham Region).  You get to customize your own baskets with the foods you prefer, and the cost is low, especially since you don't have to spend the time searching out the organic foods and of course the gas to get to the organic food stores.

Eat Right Ontario is a provincial website with tips on eating healthy, with my favourite part being the menu planner and many checklists and spreadsheets for free download

The Truth About Horse Slaughter in Canada is a document which presents the findings of inspections done at various Canadian horse slaughter houses- the results are terrible!

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