Culturally appropriate vegetables and economic development. A contextual analysis.

This paper examines the implications of the demand for ethno-cultural vegetables (ECV) by South-Asians, the largest cultural group in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), on their potential for Ontario agricultural economic development and significant consumer health benefits. A conceptual framework is presented to explain the relationship among factors such as change in demographics, demand for locally produced ECV and both the potential agricultural and health benefits. Analysis of cross-sectional data collected in 2009 also indicates that the respondents have certain characteristics that are pertinent to understanding why they shop in particular stores and their perceptions about what constitutes quality.

Clozapine-resistant psychosis, smoking, and caffeine: managing the neglected effects of substances that our patients consume every day.

More than 30% of patients with psychotic disorders who are refractory to antipsychotic treatment also fail to respond to clozapine. Despite the high prevalence of smoking and caffeine use in the psychiatric population, these habits are usually overlooked as factors contributing to antipsychotic treatment failure. We describe 2 male patients with severe treatment-resistant psychosis, one with schizophrenia and the other with bipolar affective disorder-both of whom smoked heavily, and the latter also consumed enormous amounts of caffeine-whose symptoms were refractory to clozapine.