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Free Zine on Intuitive Eating and Body Liberation

Have you heard of Intuitive eating before? What about Body Liberation? Throughout the semester in my Master of Social Work, Social Justice class, I was asked to create a social action project. My classmate and I decided to create a zine, called Nourished Liberation, on the topic of Intuitive Eating as a tool for Body…

The Zine Scene

The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change is a local “Zinester in Residence” project, generously funded by Arts Ottawa through their ARTicipate program, and supported by the Shenkman Art Center.  The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change is a reflection into the impact of zines as tools for social change and equity throughout history, as well as…

Call for Applications: Board of Directors

Laughing Radish is in the process of creating a Board of Directors to help shape the direction of our future growth and development! This volunteer position is great for anyone with a passion for food justice and food sovereignty. It has minimal time requirements (approximately 4 hours per year) and all meetings will be held…

Seed Donation to Buckingham Elementary

Earlier in the year, I received a message from a teacher at Buckingham Elementary school about the new garden the school is starting this year. She also shared a story about their seed order being cancelled and not being able to make another order and receive it in the mail in time to start seedlings.…

Pre-order Social Musings

Laughing Radish will be producing an exclusive, full-colour, *feature* zine as part of our December ZINE CLUB mail out! Social Musing, a 24 page artistic rendering of my thoughts and “musings” related to social justice and activism. This zine is ONLY available through pre-order during the month of November, 2023. It will be mailed directly…

Come to Laughing Radish’s 1st In-Person Zine Sale!!

Laughing Radish has been accepted as a vendor at the November Edition of Ottawa’s Small Press Book Fair! This will be our first ever, in-person zine sale. We will have lots of zines for you to choose from, as well as exclusive stickers, Lino prints, seasonal cards, hand dyed Indigo tote bags, DIY zine kits,…

In town and Out with CBC’s Giacomo Panico

Recently, I was lucky enough to be asked to do an interview for CBC’s morning radio show, In town and Out with Giacomo Panico. It was a great experience and I loved getting to show Giacomo around Laughing Radish. Check out the interview at the link below- my segment starts at 6:19! https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-98-in-town-and-out/clip/16007151-kilborn-allotment-gardens-food-flows-kanata-lowertown-beyond

Weird Vegetable Club: Patty Pan

Welcome once again, ladies and gentleman, to the weird vegetable club! This week we are talking about my good friend Patty Pan! (yes I did say Patty, not Peter…) Patty Pan is a very interesting summer squash variety, which is the same family as zucchinis – the cucurbits. Since it is in the squash and…

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