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OFA Champions Food Literacy with New Online Resource
A new food literacy site launched March 17 to help young people learn to make healthy food choices that will improve the future health of Ontarians. Promoting greater food literacy is the driver beh...
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Apply for a 2016 Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence, Deadline April 15!
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs invites applications for the 2016 Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence which recognizes outstanding agri-food related ...
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Bring Food Home Coming to Ottawa 2017
Join us in the nation’s capital during the nation’s sesquicentennial when Sustain Ontario and local anchor host, Just Food, will Bring Food Home in 2017! Local partners are coming togethe...
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Urban Farm Launch Mar 18 in Scarborough Ontario
There is a new community-based urban farm at Gordonridge Place near Midland and Danforth in Scarborough, Ontario. FoodShare Toronto announced that a Community Grown Launch Party will be held on Frid...
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West Nipissing Agricultural Symposium, March 16-17
Just one week until West Nipissing Agricultural Symposium – Farming in the Northeast: What grows? New crops in the north, new small flock options, extending the growing season, funding opp...
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Local Food Act to Focus on Access
The Ontario Government will convene consultations throughout Spring 2016 to develop local food access goals as it begins the next focus area for the Local Food Act, 2013. According to the Ontario Mi...
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12th Annual Ontario Farmland Forum, April 8, 2016
Tickets are available now for April 8 Ontario Farmland Forum in Kitchener – Farmland Forever – Make it Happen! In 2014, the Liberal Government announced funding to ensure that farmland in...
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Free Halton Region Ag Forum March 10
Registration is open for 4th Annual Halton Region Agricultural Forum Thursday, March 10 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Country Heritage Park in Milton, Ontario. The event is for farmers, food and o...
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Coalition Seeks Federal Leadership for Healthy School Food
On March 11, the 10-MP Standing Committee on Finance releases its final report and recommendations to Minister of Finance Bill Morneau. The Coalition for Healthy School Food made up of over 30 non-p...
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CFO Re-Opens Applications for Artisanal Chicken Program
Sustain Ontario members led a successful Flocking Options Campaign in 2015 that resulted in the Chicken Farmers of Ontario’s new Artisanal Chicken Program. According to the CFO, conditional l...
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Food by Ward Launch Mar 30 at Toronto City Hall
Sustain Ontario members were among the dozens of Food Champions who met recently to discuss how to strengthen local food networks and to shape plans for the launch of Toronto’s Food by Ward on ...
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A Big Crunch Challenge from Sustain Ontario
We’re encouraging Sustain Ontario Members to join together to make the LOUDEST NOISE on March 10 when FoodShare hosts its 2016 Great Big Crunch. We know that our members produce and have ac...