The cost of a healthy food basket. The 2011 average monthly cost of the nutritious food basket for a family of four in BC is $868.43 .The cost of the food basket in BC is the average cost, weighted by population, of the basket in each geographic health region as shown in Figure 1.he actual cost of food varies from community to community within each region. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has the highest monthly food cost for a family of four at $944.19, while Interior Health (IH) has the lowest cost at $832.82.
noun. A heavy cotton fabric, typically with a floral pattern printed on one or both sides, used for upholstery. Example sentences. 1  It was furnished like the maid's rooms and the bed here was of painted iron with a cretonne bedspread.2  The outer cover has a top of floral and striped cretonne and a backing of faded pink cotton. It was furnished like the maid's rooms and the bed here was of painted iron with a cretonne bedspread. 2  The outer cover has a top of floral and striped cretonne and a backing of faded pink cotton. 3  But the cretonnes and tapestries of Merton are coarse and almost clumsy compared with these exquisite stuffs.
Gibberellins are hormones produced in meristems of stems and roots that help regulate stem elongation. Dwarf plants often do not contain much of this hormone and are therefore shorter than normal. Ethylene is a chemical produced in fruits, flowers and aging leaves that promotes fruit ripening.ormones in plants act in similar ways. They are produced by cells in one area of the plant-such as the leaves, stems or root-and then transported to a different area of the plant in order to produce a response.