This February the Ontario government released the new Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), replacing the 2005 statement (which has been under review since 2010) when it came into effect on April 30, 2014. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing leads this process, while other ministries contribute. The Provincial Policy...read more
In an exciting announcement last week, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food reported that the province’s grape growers harvest a record 79,756 tonnes of grapes valued at nearly $100 million. This harvest will provide the fruit for a special year of wine-making in the Golden Horseshoe, where we...read more
It is now midsummer, and the peri-urban areas of the Golden Horseshoe are ripe with locally grown food, along with a bounty of crafted food products. At the peak of the growing season with vibrant farmers’ markets occurring almost daily, it is hard to imagine difficulty finding locally sourced...read more
The Growing Good Food Ideas video series, created in partnership with Sustain Ontario, Powerline Films, and more than a dozen partners, shine light on good food ideas from many regions of Ontario. A number of members of the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance and the Greater Toronto Area Agricultural...read more
TORONTO, ON – Food and farming businesses in the Golden Horseshoe are front and centre in a special Ontario-themed episode of ‘Off The Beaten Palate’, the food and travel television show hosted by Michael-Ann Rowe on PBS. The episode is part of a “Discover Canada” trilogy, with the culinary...read more