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
Farm Crawl Hamilton is back for 2016 with three upcoming dates: May 28th, July 16th, and August 13th. These three Saturdays are a wonderful way to experience life on the farm throughout the Hamilton area. Farm Crawl is an opportunity to get an inside look at the operations of...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
G3 Global Grain Group, a Winnipeg-based agribusiness, has announced plans to build a $50-million-plus year-round shipping terminal at the Port of Hamilton that will export grains and oilseeds grown in southern Ontario. The terminal is expected to be ready for 2017. Pier 26 specifically, the Port of Hamilton was said...read more
Durham Region The Durham Farm Fresh Marketing Association is a not-for-profit membership organization representing farms, farmers’ markets, retailers, chefs and restaurants located within Durham Region. Their website provides a map to search for farms and markets by type, product and municipality. Halton Region Simply Local is a Halton Region...read more
The Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) has been hosting a series of food literacy webinars, unpacking food literacy, one of which we attended last week – last Thursday they took a look at the Community Food Advisor (CFA) program in Ontario, highlighting some specific efforts through Hamilton Public Health Services’...read more
The Local Food Fund has made its way to Hamilton, helping to support in the expansion of a successful local bakery in the city’s east end. Gala Bakery, owned and operated by the Janosevic family since 2002, has been growing in size and popularity since its beginning for their...read more