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SHOP IN SEASON . This win-win proposition guarantees the freshest flavours on your plate and reduces demand for imported goods . Set your menu around current crops and ferment or freeze what ’ s left for summertime tastes all year . Preserve by flora & farmer creates small-batch spreads like strawberry , beet and vanilla and Grass Roots Prairie Kitchen makes sauces , pickles and jams that taste just like grandma made them .
■ floraandfarmer . com ; tallgrassbakery . ca / grass-roots
REDUCE FOOD WASTE . Reinvigorate wilted veggies by soaking them in water , get creative with scraps , check cupboards and crispers before shopping and meal-plan around perishables . At the end of the week , make “ clear out the fridge ” soup with half-used veg . When you need to throw food away , compost . For $ 35 a month , Compost Winnipeg sets you up with a bucket and collects organic waste right from your home .
■ compostwinnipeg . ca
DID YOU KNOW ?
3 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in Canadian landfills each year . Only 9 percent of the plastic Canadians throw out is recycled . Almost every plastic item made since the 1950s is still in our environment .
Still spraying harsh chemicals from single-use plastic bottles bearing skull-and-crossbone labels ? There are safer , better ways to keep our homes — and home planet — clean .
DID YOU KNOW ?
More than half of “ fast fashion ” is thrown out in less than a year . Every second , one garbage truck-worth of textiles is landfilled or burned . It can take 200 years for synthetic textiles to decompose .
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Toss the throw-away lifestyle in favour of a more sustainable wardrobe and home .
INVEST IN QUALITY . Pick long-lasting , versatile items made from biodegradable fibres that can be styled a number of different ways and worn for multiple occasions . Anne Mulaire champions fair-trade practices and makes comfortable , creative clothing from bamboo , cotton and hemp . Lennard Taylor mends and returns Lennard Taylor pieces to customers . ■ annemulaire . ca ; lennardtaylor . com / pages / the-refresh-program
18 ciao ! / may / jun / two thousand twenty-one