Last weekend, Beamsville Bench wineries kicked off another fruitful season in style, with about 5,000 visitors swarming the scenic rolling vineyards to Graze the Bench. The event, now in its 9th year, saw a cluster of seven VQA wineries partner together this year to open up their stunning properties —...read more
The first week of June in Ontario is Local Food Week, and nicely paired with it, is Ontario Craft Cider Week. A number of participating restaurants and bars will be taking part in the week’s festivities, toasting all things craft cider. Like local food, Ontario craft cider is a...read more
“There’s a widely stated phrase in agriculture that you can thank a pollinator for one out of three bites of food you eat,” said Claire Kremen, a professor at UC Berkeley, who co-authored a study that corroborated the common phrase. In other words, it’s difficult to overstate the fundamental...read more
The University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute is hosting an inaugural Arrell Food Summit this Tuesday, May 22 – Wednesday, May 23 at the University of Guelph, with the final day of the Summit and the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards Gala to follow at the Four Seasons Hotel...read more
A Hamilton hot sauce company earned themselves some zesty exposure recently on season 5 of the popular YouTube show Hot Ones — one of the episodes now has over 3.5 million views on Youtube. Brodie Dawson, creator of Dawson’s Hot Sauce, was approached by the show last year for...read more
Spring has finally sprung, and the Town of Caledon is ready to get growing. Last month, on April 21, the Caledon Seed Library was launched during the Caledon Spring Home Show to great enthusiasm. Over 200 people dropped in to the launch, which already had a collection of 569...read more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance is thrilled to share that our Serving Up Local project with nine municipally-run long-term care (LTC) homes in Durham Region, Halton Region, and the City of Hamilton increased local food procurement by a combined 23% in 2017, far surpassing the project goal...read more