Announcing the FoodCycles Membership and CSA: 2010

25Feb10

Are you interested in fresh, local and organic, chemical free food? Do you want to build a movement for real food and real change in Toronto? Are you ready to build a stronger community and environment through food and farming — in small and large ways? Then get a FoodCycles membership, do volunteering or get a CSA harvest share.

Filed under: Agriculture, Community Development, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Local Agriculture, Non Profits/Not for Profits, Organic Agriculture, Soil Management, Urban Agriculture   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: city farming, community shared agriculture, Compost, CSA, cycles, Downsview Park, Food, Food Security, FoodCycles, local, market garden, membership, News, nonprofit, not for profit, Social Enterprise, Toronto, Urban Agriculture, vermicompost, worm

Get the Truth About GM Foods: GMWatch

16Feb10

Keep up to date with the latest news on the issue of genetically modified (GM) food and crops and find out about the deceptive PR campaigns being used to promote GM worldwide. Check out GMWatch on Facebook.

Filed under: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), CSR, Ethics, GMOs   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Food, genetic engineering, genetically modified organisms, GMOs, LMOs, nonprofit

Your Food, Your Choice: Grounds for Change

04Feb10

COG Toronto is holding its annual conference with an impressive line up of speakers in the organics movement including Baerbel Hoehm, the first Agricultural Minister for the German Green Party and Michael Schmidt, the raw milk dairy farmer. The event will happen on Saturday, February 20, 2010 9 am to 5 pm at the University of Toronto Conference Centre (89 Chestnut St., Toronto).

Filed under: Organic Agriculture, Environment, Food, Toronto, Events, Conferences, GMOs, Ethics, Agriculture, Health and Wellness, CALLS TO ACTION   |  6 Comments
Tags: frankenfoods, gmo, LMOs, Margaret Webb, Michael Schmidt, Organic Agriculture, organic farming, organics, Percy Schmeiser, Pfenning, raw milk, Rick Smith, Tom Manley