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L’huile essentielle et l’hydrolat d’Épinette Noire : bienfaits et usages de cette précieuse alliée boréale

L’huile essentielle et l’hydrolat d’Épinette Noire : bienfaits et usages de cette précieuse alliée boréale

Symbole des forêts boréales canadiennes, l’Épinette Noire offre deux trésors naturels complémentaires : l’huile essentielle et l’hydrolat. Puissante et concentrée, l’huile essentielle stimule l’énergie, soutient la respiration et favorise l’équilibre émotionnel. Plus doux et subtil, l’hydrolat s’intègre facilement dans une routine quotidienne pour apaiser la peau, purifier l’air et rééquilibrer les émotions. Découvrez comment ces deux extraits se complètent et comment les intégrer à votre routine pour profiter pleinement de leurs bienfaits.

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Recette de biscuits avec Poivre des Dunes

Cookie recipe with Poivre des Dunes

Recipe for 12 peppery, floral cookies. 250g quick-cooking rolled oats 1 cup pumpkin purée 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/2 cup dried cranberries 2 tsp ground dune pepper Heat oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and adjust the amount of maple syrup and dune pepper to taste. Shape 10 to 12 cookies with an ice-cream scoop or your hands, half an inch thick, and bake for about 10 minutes. Cool on a cookie rack and enjoy. Keep in an airtight container for 3 days at room temperature or 7 days in the refrigerator. DUNE PEPPER (SPECKLED ALDER) IS A PEPPERY,...

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Alain Rhéaume, technicien forestier de formation

Alain Rhéaume, trained forestry technician

"Trained as a forestry technician, I have worked in the private sector for over 30 years and have set up two companies: the first in the form of a cooperative and the other on my own account. Silvicultural work, such as reforestation and brush clearing, were the main activities of both companies.In 2014, seeing the labor shortage coming, I decided to join this brand new company BoreA Canada. Two things attracted me to this company: staying in the same line of business and participating in its growth. Indeed, the challenge was enormous, because producing essential oils year-round in such large...

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Grand-maman, mais c’est quoi une poubelle ?

Grandma, what's a trash can?

The child returned home puzzled. He'd spent the day listening to his teacher explain how the world worked in the past. His head had been filled with unanswered questions.- Grandma! What's a garbage can?A legitimate question for a child who grew up in a world without waste.- My grandson, as you know, "nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed", but unfortunately, that hasn't always been the case. Today, what we buy in the store comes mainly from recycled objects that will be recycled again, as if in a circle where all the objects go round and round.In my...

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Des hommes et des ours !

Men and bears!

A Jamesian explains to a tourist how to behave in front of the different bears in Canada.- if you meet a black bear, all you have to do is run downhill and the black bear won't be able to follow you because of its shorter front paws; it will stumble and leave you alone.- if you meet a brown bear, you'll have to curl up in a ball and play dead - he'll find you uninteresting and leave you alone.- if you meet a polar bear, woe betide you! All you have to do is build him a big log...

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