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Auckland Council is pleading locals to stop releasing goldfish into local lakes and streams as the fish and plants play havoc with the water quality. Goldfish have turned up in ponds and streams around the city, and they're not swimming there by themselves. Peter Wilcox has been helping Auckland Council pull invasive koi carp out of local streams and ponds, and he's been catching another type of fish along the way - goldfish. But the fish he's catching aren't like the ones you see in pet stores. "Western Springs, the last catch the smallest was 30 centimeters, the top was ...

Celery is a low-calorie vegetable with a high water content.

Widnes foodbank handed out more than 1,200 emergency parcels last year Widnes Foodbank handed out more than 1,200 emergency food parcels to people in crisis in the town last year. Between April 2020 and March 2021, the foodbank provided support to anyone in need as the Covid-19 pandemic impacted people’s lives. There were 1,264 emergency food parcels given out, which is slightly lower than the previous 12 months but the charity believes the larger aide parcels were created to last longer so that customers didn’t require a second referral. The figures don’t include the number of ...

Anna Goltz left her job at Feeding Southwest Virginia, where she worked in development and fundraising, with the intent of launching a consulting business where she’d put those skills to use helping other nonprofits. The 37-year-old mother of two was looking forward to managing her own schedule, perhaps cutting back on her hours a bit to spend more time with her daughters, who are 5 and almost 3 years old. It turned out that February 2020 was not a great time to start a new venture, as plans were quickly derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Her potential clients were slashing budgets and h...