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
“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
A number of diverse programs across the province are putting forth a vigorous effort to connect Ontario students to healthy food. Nutrition’s role in supporting education and development, after all, cannot be overstated. Niagara Nutrition Partners (NNP) is the body linking young students to good food across the Region...read more
You know what goes on inside of Yorkdale Shopping Mall, but do you know what’s been growing on top of it? At the beginning of the 2016 growing season, Frank Ferragine, also know as Frankie Flowers, officially launched Elevated Eats — an urban test farm — on top of...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