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
At the end of April, Agrocrop Exports Ltd. (AEL) and their employees celebrated the groundbreaking of their new 171,000 square ft. state-of-the-art processing and packaging facility in Bolton. Champions of the export pulse industry, AEL celebrates this expansion at an opportune time in 2016, the International Year of Pulses....read more
Golden Horseshoe food businesses are leading their own way – upstream! The expression “take things into your own hands” comes to mind when learning about Jason and Tamar Oziel’s pioneering aquaponics venture based near Whitby. The husband and wife team, looking to launch new careers for themselves, found a...read more
The 2016 Ontario Climate Symposium held earlier this month in Guelph stimulated a focused discussion on the future of food in the Greater Golden Horseshoe as it relates to climate change. A wealth of knowledgeable speakers were a part of the day’s learning, with attendees splitting off into workstreams...read more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance kicked off our AGM this past Monday in Toronto with a tour of Food Starter – an incubator focused on helping early-stage food processors and manufacturers grow their business. Last year, the GHFFA provided $10,000 in funding to the incubator as part...read more