The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) recently released provincial land use plans, which contain new policies on developing an Agricultural System for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) to support the area’s agri-food sector and protect farmland across the region. Until October 4, OMAFRA is seeking...read more
Sustain Ontario, in partnership with the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference and local host Just Food, invite you to attend Bring Food Home 2017: Upstream Collaboration from October 26-29. The biennial conference is taking place in Ottawa this year, and will be host to over 50+ speakers, a number of engaging panels,...read more
The City of Toronto has proclaimed September 15, 2017, as Toronto’s first official Urban Agriculture Day; and if you know anything about the abundance of good food projects in the city, you know there’s plenty to celebrate. Thus, there have been events celebrating the power of urban ag in...read more
For decades, Richters Herbs in Durham Region have offered everything one would need to know to grow and use a vast variety of culinary, medicinal and aromatic herbs. As leading growers and purveyors of herb seeds, plants, dried herbs, extracts, oils and more, whatever you’re looking for in the herb...read more
Earlier this year, the Arrell Family Foundation announced an astounding $20 million donation to the University of Guelph, the single largest gift the university has ever received. The University matched the funds, for a total commitment of $40 million, creating the Arrell Food Institute. The Institute aims to transform...read more
Agribusiness employers are invited to attend free half-day Farmers Feed The World Job Fairs, with the next one coming up on October 25 in Hamilton, followed by December 6 in Mississauga. Farmers Feed The World (FFTW) is a project funded by the Canadian Red Cross, which aims to help Syrian refugees find employment or...read more
“No matter which way I go, I always come back to food,” says Azra Zahirovic, owner of Real Sweets Bakery in Hamilton. Whether in Bosnia, where Azra grew up with a love for fresh food and cooking, or in Ontario, where she came as a refugee in 1996, food...read more