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.

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Tags: Toronto, Food, local, Food Security, CSA, Urban Agriculture, FoodCycles, Compost, city farming, News, cycles, worm, vermicompost, market garden, Downsview Park, nonprofit, not for profit, Social Enterprise, community shared agriculture, membership

7 Points for Fantastic Food and Cities

22Nov09

Dr. Wayne Roberts spoke on food policy and a new vision for cities at Toledo Library in the US. As always his witty humour is always a hit. The photos he uses in the presentation are also quite insightful. Dr. Roberts also proposes hopeful solutions and answers to fixing cities and the food system. If you want the quick written summary you can read it below.

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Tags: careers, cities, colleges, Community Development, community food systems, Community Gardens, development, direct trade, economy, fair trade, Food, job, policy, public health, standard of living, urban, Wayne Roberts

City Farm Hands – FoodCycles, Toronto, ON, ft/pt [Volunteer Job]

10Jul09

Are you interested in:  City farming, gardening and growing food?  Learning the practical side of environmental and food issues?  Getting lots of exercise and fresh air?  Composting and creating good soil?  Learning skills to get you a paying job?  Are you ready to make a difference!

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Tags: assistance, city, farming, FoodCycles, News, Urban Agriculture, volunteer

Lima City Agriculture Beats Adversity: Film

25May09

The Paradigm Shift Project is holding their first slideshow-documentary “From the Earth to the Pot: Urban Agriculture & Food Security in Lima, Peru” on Tuesday, May 26 at 7:10pm at Mountain Equipment Co-op in Toronto (400 King Street West).

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Tags: challenge, Community Development, documentary, film, lima, marginalization, MEC, obstacles, paradigm shift project, peru, poverty, PSP, Urban Agriculture, video