 Withers, P. (2022, April 27). "Oil and gas drilling ban on rich fishing grounds off N.S. extended to 2032: Moratorium on oil and gas development on Georges Bank in place since 1980s." CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/georges-bank-oil-and-gas-development-moratorium-2032-1.6432564
 Close-up image of Sunroot (Jerusalem Artichoke) flowers. Photographed by Paul Fenwick, 19th March 2005. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunroot_flowers.jpg From AAMS First Vice President Joseph Jacquard: "Last evening [Wednesday, April 27, 2022] Dave Melanson gave a presentation to the Clare Garden Club on wild edible and medicinal plants. Part of his presentation was on Jerusalem artichokes. He had some on hand to pass around the audience for taste testing. Dave recommended not consuming too much Jerusalem artichokes because "they can be gassy." They are very similar to water chestnuts in taste and texture that I love. Today I did some further research on the internet and found the following;  From: Gerard, J. (1636). The herball, or, Generall historie of plantes. London : Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers. https://archive.org/details/herballorgeneral00gera/page/752 "John Gerard's book, The herball, quotes the English botanist John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes: "...which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men." -- 17 October, 1621. John Goodyer.
 Article posted courtesy, First Author, Christian Boudreau BSW, BSc. Psychology. Link to: Boudreau, C., Lawless, J.M., Malette, S. (2018, March). "An Ethnographic Report on the Acadian-Métis (Sang-Mêlés) People of Southwest Nova Scotia" https://sebastienmalette.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/an-ethnographic-report-on-the-acadian-mecc81tis-2018-2.pdf
 Link to Smith, S. (2022, April 16). "Birders scramble for rare sighting of Steller's sea eagle in small N.S. community: Species is native to eastern Asia but one lone ‘vagrant’ has been touring North America." CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/stellers-sea-eagle-wallace-bay-1.6417832 See also: https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-birders-cap-off-2021-with-a-first-ever-sighting-of-a-stellers-sea-eagle-in-maine-january-8-2022
 Link to: Limb, L. (2022, April 20). "Solar energy can now be stored for up to 18 years, say scientists." Euronews.green. https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/04/12/solar-energy-can-now-be-stored-for-up-to-18-years-say-scientists
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