The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance has received $100,000 funding from the Greenbelt Fund’s Local Food Investment Fund to increase municipal local food procurement in Golden Horseshoe Municipalities. Specifically, the project is working with municipal partners to increase the procurement of locally-sourced food in long-term care facilities in the...read more
The City of Hamilton’s Economic Development Division has partnered with Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium’s (EMC) Food, Beverage and Bio Sector Initiative to bring Food and Beverage sector companies a free seminar on October 20th: First Steps in Exporting for the Food Sector. This unique event is designed to make those in...read more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance is hosting a Lunch & Learn at Queen’s Park on October 5th to celebrate Ontario Agriculture Week, inviting MPPs and Queen’s Park staff to learn about and discuss some important topics in food and farming in the province. We are excited to host 3...read more
Registration is now open for the 8th Annual Municipal Agriculture Economic Development Forum on November 2nd & 3rd, hosted by the Town of Caledon and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, with support from Foodland Ontario and the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance. The Forum...read more
Quinte Immigration Services (QUIS) has launched a new pilot project to help interested Syrian refugees grow their skill set so they can enter and support the province’s agriculture industry. Not only will the project help new Canadians find meaningful employment, but it will also help contribute to an industry...read more
The roots of urban agriculture are growing far, wide and deep throughout the Golden Horseshoe, as the potential for growing food in cities is becoming realized. In fact, there are so many innovative urban growing projects, that it’s hard to keep track of them all. But Toronto Urban Growers...read more
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