On Thursday, August 19th 2010, an eager group of Torontonians young and old from all around the world boarded a school bus and had the wonderful opportunity to observe the work being done at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre. The group also had the opportunity to get a taste of the amazing ethnic produce all grown in Ontario.
Mayoral Candidate and current Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone officially launched his food platform on August 18th 2010. As a symbolic gesture, he signed Sustain Ontario’s Food Declaration on top of the Hugh Garner Residential Co-op Rooftop garden – the largest residential rooftop garden in Toronto. Pantalone presented the signed declaration, adapted from Sustain Ontario’s election toolkit (outlining his commitment to make food and farming a central part of his platform) to Darcy Higgins of Food Forward and Lauren Baker of Sustain Ontario.
The response to Sustain Ontario’s Metcalf Food Solutions report, Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario has been fantastic.
Last summer I proposed to write a report for the Metcalf Food Solutions series. After one year of being on the job as Sustain Ontario’s director, I wanted to showcase the good food ideas I learned about while speaking with farm and food leaders throughout the province. Read more »
Sustain Ontario is making healthy, local, sustainable food a municipal election priority. Across Ontario, our members have committed to speaking with candidates to ensure that farm and food issues are part of every elections platform.
We have developed a Municipal Elections Toolkit that outlines priority farm and food issues, and provides some helpful hints for organizing events and meetings with elections candidates. Read more »
Sustain Ontario is very fortunate to be working with five amazing interns through the Canada Summer Jobs Program.
The five students Dulaa Osman, Nafissa Pinas, Vincentia Amoako, Nathan Griffith and Alex Shave have been busy working on various food security projects at two different sites.
I’m happy to invite you to the OPS Urban Gardeners’ first Garden Open House & Harvest! It’s set for Tuesday September 14, 2010 – 12-1pm at the garden in College Park Garden Open House_ Poster final.
The Open House & Harvest is being held to celebrate our garden – its first year “in the ground!” It’s also a chance to acknowledge the vital support of good folks like you
Featured activities include:
- Opening remarks by Rob Taylor, ADM, Municipal Services Division and the group’s Executive Sponsor
- Sampling of produce from the garden in a variety of dishes
- Gardening demos and tips on how to get bountiful plants, even in late season
- Seed planting competition
To RSVP or for more information, please email or call me at 416-895-6269. Please also feel free to distribute this invitation to your contacts.
Hope to see you on September 14th.
Cheers,
Mary Roufail
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