It’s a Winter Wine Wonderland this month in Niagara, with the next three weekends celebrating Ontario award-winning icewine. With an evening gala, ornate ice bars, cheese seminars, ice skating and winery tours, the 21st Annual Niagara Icewine Festival will see a range of decadent events popping the cork on...read more
The anticipated report from the Coordinated Land-Use Planning Review Advisory Panel has been released, Planning for Health, Prosperity and Growth in the Greater Golden Horseshoe: 2015 – 2041. The 177-page report to the provincial government makes 87 land-use recommendations, focused on how to build more complete communities in the...read more
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
“Make mother nature work for you,” Eric Bowman told a visiting Durham College Horticulture class on his farm last month. The 2-year Food and Farming program, based out of the Whitby Campus — home to the college’s Centre for Food (CFF) — comes as part of the school’s vision...read more
A $5 million investment from the province, along with $40 million from P&H Milling Group, will make Pier 10 in Hamilton Harbour home to the first new flour mill in Ontario in 75 years. The funding from the province comes through the Jobs and Prosperity Fund – Food and...read more
On the cusp of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, Ottawa saw a two-day symposium to discuss Food Security in a Changing Climate on Nov 12-13, hosted by the Canadian Climate Forum (CCF). It proves to be an important time for change (and adaptation). In his introduction, Dr....read more
A report released earlier this year has found that more than half of Ontario’s $20 billion in imported food products could be produced in the province, pointing to compelling opportunities for our economy and agriculture sector. Ontario, a province consuming more food than it produces, sees a trade deficit...read more