The Region of Durham’s Economic Development Department, in conjunction with the Township of Brock Economic Development Advisory Committee and OMAFRA, are hosting an informative workshop for local food entrepreneurs hoping to expand their business. The Local Food Entrepreneurship Workshop on Thursday, November 17, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at...read more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance has received $100,000 funding from the Greenbelt Fund’s Local Food Investment Fund to increase municipal local food procurement in Golden Horseshoe Municipalities. Specifically, the project is working with municipal partners to increase the procurement of locally-sourced food in long-term care facilities in the...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
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
Durham Foods has once again proven that their innovative roots dig deep. Not only is the family-run business breaking ground (or water, rather) by growing spinach hydroponically in Port Perry, but their team has now created the “GAP app”, for which President Jim Sheehan accepted a Leadership in Innovation...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