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Mohawk College Leverages Purchasing Power to Support Local Food and Farmers

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

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

Food Venture Program Pilot Project to Support GTA Food Sector Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Food Starter and CaterToronto are working with the City of Toronto to launch a Pilot Project, titled Food Venture Program, in an effort to help nourish and grow the GTA food sector by supporting the area’s entrepreneurs. The program will assist entrepreneurs focusing on food processing and catering, providing...read more

New Report Looks at Ingredients for getting Local Food in Ontario Schools

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Ecosource and Roots to Harvest have just released a report, Alternative Avenues to Local Food in School: Ingredients for Success by Multiple Authors, through the Alternative Avenues Project — a collaboration with students, teachers and school board representatives in Durham Region, Peel Region and Thunder Bay, with support from the Ontario Edible Education...read more