For Immediate Release TORONTO, August 12, 2016 – The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance has expanded their Golden Horseshoe Asset Mapping Project with a newly-released report that includes findings across the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH), an area that accounts for roughly 65% of the total agri-food jobs in...read more
“There’s an appetite for soil management practices that promote soil health,” said Dr. Craig Drury, Soil Management & Biochemistry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. A noteworthy program in the Region of Peel is looking to help satiate that appetite by working with farmers across the region. No one quite understands...read more
Niagara Region may be known for its wine culture (and understandably so), but as craft breweries are on the rise throughout Ontario, so too, are they growing in Niagara. In Virgil, Ontario, just west of Niagara-on-the-Lake, sits Silversmith Brewing Company. Celebrated brews and a charmed rustic atmosphere have firmly...read more
541 Eatery understands the power good food can have in strengthening communities, and has been harnessing that power now for a couple of years. It’s all about building and inspiring resilient communities through the power of nutritious food, particularly in a Hamilton neighbourhood that Sue Carr, 541 Executive Director,...read more
Earlier this month the Government of Canada tabled amendments to the Rouge National Urban Park Act, taking a step towards completing the establishment of Rouge National Urban Park. The amendments aim to protect the Park’s important ecosystems and heritage, including providing greater certainty for Rouge Park farmers. Among the...read more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance was one of 23 grant recipients last week to receive funding from the Greenbelt Fund’s Local Food Investment Fund. The GHFFA, alongside the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, have received $100,000 to increase municipal local food procurement across 3 Golden Horseshoe Municipalities....read more
Hamilton’s Mohawk College is receiving $100,000 from the Greenbelt Fund and Ontario government to develop the first provincial local food procurement model for Ontario’s 24 colleges, purchasing local food from Ontario farmers for their cafeterias. The pilot project, announced Wednesday of Local Food Week, is expected to increase local...read more