The headline caught my eye. ‘SRD Delivers’ is a play on words, for a program meant to assist “with grocery shopping, the delivery of food, prescriptions and other essentials for the benefit of the elderly (65+) and other vulnerable persons who must self-isolate in accordance with Public Health Orders.” However, could there also be a deeper meaning – does the SRD deliver?
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Anne & Sam: Market Farmers On Cortes Island
Originally Published on Cortes Radio.ca
Podcast: Interview with Anne Dzakovic and Sam Gibb about their life as market farmers on Cortes Island.
Congratulations to Anne and Sam on the safe and successful birth of their second child, Graciella! Just prior to their departure from Cortes Island to await her arrival on the big island, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sam and Anne at their home on Blue Jay Lake Farm.
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Summary of Government Announcements & Health Orders
The Strathcona Regional District released a summary of British Columbian government announcements & health orders (marked !!), as of April 2, 2020. Many of these items have embedded links to the original announcements.
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Ways To Reduce COVID-19’s Impact
ScienceDirect recently published a research paper by Paul Stamets and six scientists, from the University of Arizona and the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, called “Integrative Considerations During The COVID-19 Pandemic.” Though written in scientific terms, there is enough plain english words to make it understandable for lay people. For example: the key word in the phrase “liquiritigenin from Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice)”is, of course, ‘licorice.’ Stamets and his colleagues listed a number of ways to reduce COVID-19’s impact.
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Alder Tincture Recipe
The following article is supplemental to the Folk U podcast
by Yulia Kochubievsky
Yulia shares her alder tincture recipe at https://www.madebyyulia.ca/alder
- This is information is in addition to all the recommended cautions, self distancing etc and in addition to any measure you can take to strengthen your immune system (which include, but not limited to: good food & exercise, keeping your mind and emotion calm and balanced and taking herbs and supplements). I recommend looking up “vitamin C mega dose” both to boost your immune system and to help heal if you get sick.
- I am not a clinician. Use this information with the usual caution and common sense, especially if you are taking prescription medication. Herbs/drugs interaction is something that needs to be considered and I have no training to offer advice on that.