Get Exceptional Green Documentaries in Hamilton Guaranteed

06Apr10

The 3rd Annual Environmental Film and Arts Festival is happening this April 7-24, 2010. And it has an exceptional line of hard hitting docs you’ll want to see. Organized by Francesca Trifone and her partner it promises to be a powerfully informative week for locals and visitors alike.

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Tags: bottle, documentaries, environmental, Food, Hamilton, Movies, oil, Ontario, sharks, water

Get Down with DIRT! (the Movie)

07Jan10

FoodCycles (http://foodcycles.org) is hosting one of the first largest screenings of the award winning DIRT! the Movie in Toronto at Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St W; map) on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 (6:30-8:30 PM). Dirt! the movie tells the amazing story of the earth we stand on everyday and how we depend on it for life. In addition, FoodCycles is fundraising for its education work. Tickets will be available online and at the door on a sliding scale of $10-20. There will be a reception at 6:30 PM and the movie will start at 7 PM and end at 8:30 PM. You can buy sprouts, vegetable earrings or memberships during the reception.

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Tags: climate change, Compost, conflict, dirt, Dirt! the Movie, environmental impacts, film, Food, FoodCycles, land, microbes, microorganisms, Movies, Soil, Soil Management, video

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

Call 4 People: Gardener Interviews in Toronto!

23Jul09

FoodCycles, a Toronto urban farm, would like to conduct interviews of home gardeners and community gardeners in Toronto.

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Tags: community gardeners, Community Gardens, gardeners, marketing research

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