2008 “Can We Go Organic?” Videos Are Up!

13Jun10

Join Canadian Organic Growers as we explore how organics is making a difference. Who is making this vision real and how can you be part of it ? What is your role? Hear farmers, researchers, local food security advocates and community organizations discuss the state of Canada’s food system and share their positive vision for the future

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Tags: Agriculture, bartering, carbon, climate change, community, development rights, farmer, farming, Food, global warming, labour rights, land trust, local, markets, multiplier effect, organic, Toronto, trading, transport, video, Wal-Mart

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

Eco-Friendly Rum and Wine: Cocktail Delights

28May09

Sierra Club’s The Green Life column gives you some eco-credible rum brands for cocktail mixing. We also provide a list of eco-credible Ontario wineries for your tasting pleasure.

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Tags: bartender, booze, Environment, frog pond, local, organic, rum, southbrook, spirits, tequila, vodka, winery

CONTRACT POSITION: LOCAL FOOD PROJECT ASSISTANT

22Jan09

This position will assist the Local Food Project Coordinator in the delivery of the
Ontario Market Investment Fund – Local Food Project within Grey and Bruce Counties.
The Project works with area farmers and food related businesses to increase the
production, processing and marketing of local foods within the two Counties. This is
a 34 week contract position and is based out of the County of Bruce Planning office in
Wiarton.

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Cooperation is Farming: Strength in Numbers

20Jan09

At the Quinte Organic Farmers Co-operative, the 13 members are defying the conventional wisdom drilled into MBA students at university business schools – that competition is the essence of success, and that constant growth is the holy grail.

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Tags: Agriculture, alternative, cooperative, distrubution, farming, Food, local, mechanisms, organic, production

Speaker Biographies for the 2009 Organic Conference

11Jan09

The speaker biographies for the ‘Growing for Nourishment’ Nourishing the Future 2009 Organics Conference are up and running for your viewing pleasure.

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Restaurant opens 2,500-square foot Organic Rooftop Farm – first to be Certified Organic in the USA — City Farmer News

02Jan09

An uplifting aspiration – Uncommon Ground has reached new heights in its efforts to bring food production back to earth. Restaurant opens 2,500-square foot Organic Rooftop Farm – first to be Certified Organic in the USA — City Farmer News: “In late July the folks at the Uncommon Ground restaurant, 1401 W. Devon, opened their 2,500-square foot organic rooftop farm. The lofty mission is to deliver organic produce for the downstairs restaurant and to use the garden to teach adult volunteers and children how to grow food organically in an urban, roof-top environment

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Tags: certified organic, farm, green living, green rooftop, local, organic, restaurant, rooftop

6,000 Pounds of Produce on a Quarter-Acre

18Nov08

Robert McFalls’ new film, HomeGrown is the inspiring story of the Dervaes family – father, son and two daughters – that run a small organic farm in the heart of urban Pasadena, California.

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The Vanishing Farm Future?

31Oct08

Elbert van Donkersgoed did a recent presentation at the University of Toronto… TheStar.com | Columnist | A colourful lecture on a waning farm future: “Here are some of the things he said: The GTA greenbelt is not uniformly good for farming, but there is lots of good farmland around here, and while our climate is [...]

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Tags: action, Agriculture, ethnic, fast food, greenbelt, GTA, GTAAAC, local