Growing Good Food Ideas Spotlight: Haliburton County – A Sustainable Food System

May 13, 2013

Powerline Films has been traveling across Ontario gathering stories of people and places that are transforming the future of food. Created in partnership with Sustain Ontario and more than a dozen partners, these videos shine light on good food ideas from many regions of our province. Informative, beautiful, and engaging, these videos are sure to inspire.

The new Growing Good Food Ideas videos from 2012-2013 were launched April 24th at an event with Premier Wynne at Queen’s Park! This second round of videos includes 23 new videos from 17 partners, exploring a wide variety of topics from forest foods foraging to food charter development. Watch all of the videos on ontariofoodvideos.ca.

The following video, part of the Growing Good Food Ideas project, highlights Harvest Haliburton’s work in promoting the development of locally grown food in Haliburton County.

Haliburton County – A Sustainable Food System from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.

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Growing Good Food Ideas Video Launch: Event Recording Now Available!

April 29, 2013

Bryan Gilvesy, Co-Chair of Sustain Ontario's Advisory Council, greets MPP Jeff Leal, Minister of Rural Affairs, and Premier Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Agriculture and Food

Sustain Ontario and Powerline Films launched the second round of Growing Good Food Ideas videos to an enthusiastic full room at Queen’s Park last Wednesday. The event featured special remarks by Premier Wynne as well as several of our video partners, highlighted by clips from the newly released videos.

Premier Wynne celebrated the energy of Ontario’s local food movement captured in the videos: “There is a groundswell [of organizations supporting local food in Ontario]… Sustain Ontario is tapping into something right now: a real desire to understand more about our food, our food production. That is really the thrust of the Local Food Act… that we do everything we can to support the notion of growing, buying, producing, processing locally and eating good Ontario local food.” Watch the full event in the video below, or visit Flickr to see a photo gallery of the event.

The new videos build on a first round of Growing Good Food Ideas videos from 2011-2012. All 54 videos are available at ontariofoodvideos.ca.

We would like to extend our thanks to Premier Wynne, attending Members of Provincial Parliament and members of the Ontario public service, and our video partners who took part in this exciting occasion.

We encourage you to share the videos far and wide! Host a screening, embed the videos on your website, or direct people to ontariofoodvideos.ca to help inspire good food ideas to grow.

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Growing Good Food Ideas Spotlight: FarmStart

April 29, 2013

Powerline Films has been traveling across Ontario gathering stories of people and places that are transforming the future of food. Created in partnership with Sustain Ontario and more than a dozen partners, these videos shine light on good food ideas from many regions of our province. Informative, beautiful, and engaging, these videos are sure to inspire.

The new Growing Good Food Ideas videos from 2012-2013 were launched April 24th at an event with Premier Wynne at Queen’s Park! This second round of videos includes 23 new videos from 17 partners, exploring a wide variety of topics from forest foods foraging to food charter development.

The following video, part of the Growing Good Food Ideas project, profiles FarmStart, a charitable organization providing training to new farmers. All 54 Growing Good Food Ideas videos can be viewed at ontariofoodvideos.ca.

FarmStart from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.

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Growing Good Food Ideas: FarmStart

April 24, 2013

FarmStart from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.

FarmStart is a charitable organization that provides training to a new generation of farmers.  Through a variety of training programs, Farmstart gives farmers the tools they need to build successful business that grow healthy and delicious food.   FarmStart offers on the ground training at their two Start Up farms (McVean Farm, Brampton & Landmark Farm, Hamilton) where new farmers can lease certified organic land for up to five years.  Here farmers learn their trade in a supportive community with the shared resources and the freedom to develop their own farm business. Farmer-to-farmer workshops and tours help build valuable skills from the very introductory question of “Is farming right for me?” to more advanced techniques in food growing and livestock care. FarmStart believes that if we want a diverse and resilient future for our food system – we must support more sustainable and resilient farmers to get started today!

 

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Growing Good Food Ideas: Toronto’s Mobile Good Food Market

April 24, 2013

Toronto’s Mobile Good Food Market from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.

Even in a city as dynamic as Toronto, there remain neighbourhoods where residents are unable to access the foods essential to a healthy diet. This happens for a variety of reasons, including low-income, lack of access to public transit, and long distances to groceries and markets. Such conditions make it extremely difficult for individuals and families without access to a vehicle to find and purchase healthy foods. Senior citizens who might be less mobile are hit especially hard by this type of isolation.

The Mobile Good Food Market is a project created through a partnership between the City of Toronto, Food Share, the United Way, and the CAMH/University of Toronto Food Initiative. It’s mission is simply to bring fresh affordable food to low-income neighbourhoods throughout the city. This video introduces the committed community support workers behind this project whose work is helping to create a more dynamic food system that meets the health and nutritional needs of Toronto’s diverse population, creating a healthier and happier Toronto as a result.

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Growing Good Food Ideas: Halton Region – Agricultural Sustainability for the Future

April 24, 2013

Halton Region – Agricultural Sustainability for the Future from Sustain Ontario on Vimeo.

In the words of Halton farmer Peter Lambrick,“With a growing population, agriculture will become more important, not less.” Protecting and sustaining farmland through environmental stewardship and farm succession planning will be key to ensuring that Halton’s farmlands stay in production for generations to come. Issues such as diversifying for future resilience continue to be addressed to strengthen the region’s agricultural sustainability. We see many devoted, hard-working growers and farmers, who feel they are surrounded by a supportive community that cares about the local food movement. Farmers discuss sustainable practices and methods, and ways to strengthen the links between producers, consumers and land owners using social media and other networking and awareness building tools.

 

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