Fortune Hunters Healthy Profits: Cashing in on Active Living
Stronger. Higher. Faster. Healthy, active living is on everyone’s mind these days. And recession or not, people always want to eat well and take care of their bodies — and are willing to pay a premium to do it. With thousands of diet-specific food products on the market these days, diet food has become a multi-billion dollar industry. And within ...
- 2009
- 00:19:59
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
We are the Best Hemingford Ice Cider
Twenty years ago, nobody knew anything about ice cider, but Domaine Neige owner François Pouliot managed to build a global brand off of the cold Canadian beverage. Now people all over the world are lining up to have a little taste of Quebec. Forty-five minutes south of Montreal, in the village of Hemmingford, Pouliot grows, hand picks and processes the ...
- 2017
- 00:03:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 08/03/2017
Marketplace Hyping Health: Is Health Check Always Right?
You've seen the Health Check logo. If a product bears the logo, that means Heart and Stroke has evaluated it and concluded it complies with their criteria, which is based on the recommendations of Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. Does the logo represent a healthy choice? The answer is complicated. As Wendy Mesley reports, some of Heart and Stroke's Health ...
- 2008
- 00:25:24
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/14/2013
We are the Best Icewine from Niagara Peninsula
Canadians didn't invent icewine — but we did perfect it. Join chef Ricardo Larrivée as he tours the famed Inniskillin estate winery in the Niagara Peninsula and explores the intricacies of this classic Canadian beverage.
- 2017
- 00:03:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 07/28/2017
The Nature of Things It Takes Guts
Eat less, move more. That’s the simple solution to losing weight – or so we’ve been told. But what if there was another hidden reason behind our obesity epidemic? Inside our intestines, there’s an entire ecosystem – our own “inner rainforest” – made up of microorganisms so small that millions could fit into the eye of a needle. But these tiny ...
- 2015
- 00:44:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 11/09/2015
Power & Politics Justice Murray Sinclair: Nutrition Experiments on Aboriginal Children
During and following World War II residential schools were used as laboratories where scientists would test the effects of several vitamin supplements and other products on the malnurished aboriginal individuals residing there, most of them children. Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, shares his opinion and knowledge on the matter.
- 2013
- 00:07:13
- 15-17
- Added on: 04/15/2014
News in Review - March 1999 Keeping Milk Safe: Canada Bans BST
In theory, governments are elected to act on behalf of their citizens and in the best interests of the majority. The legislative actions of governments, however, can be problematic. Whereas laws banning controversial substances intend to protect the interests of the majority, other parties in society may see them as detrimental to their interests. The banning of the use of ...
- 1999
- 00:13:29
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/15/1999
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We are the Best Lac La Ronge Wild Rice
Farmer Tom Hamilton spends late August boating around the shallow shorelines and bays of Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan. He is harvesting some of the world's most nutritious wild rice, which will later be bought and processed by the Northern Lights Food Company. The goal is not to harvest as much rice as possible, but to harvest the best quality rice ...
- 2017
- 00:03:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/17/2017
We are the Best Lavaltrie Strawberry Plants
The strawberries from your local grocery store may grow in the U.S., but there is a chance they got their start in Quebec. It is on farms like Production Lareault, in Lavaltrie, where strawberry seedlings begin to sprout. On this farm alone, there are 35 strawberry varieties being grown and another 150 being tested. All these different types of strawberries ...
- 2017
- 00:03:00
- 9-12
- Added on: 05/17/2017
We are the Best Lentils from Riceton
When it comes to lentils, this 65-person Sask. town proves that small things can pack a punch. Join chef Ricardo Larrivée as he roams the Sask. fields and learns why lentils may be the key to a sustainable food future.
- 2017
- 00:03:05
- 9-12
- Added on: 07/28/2017
