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Market Intervention Talk on Ontario’s Flocking Options for Chicken Farmers
On July 25th, Sustain Ontario and Field Sparrow Farms will be at the Evergreen Brick Works Farmers' Market in Toronto to talk to market-goers about the Flocking Options campaign, which calls for more ...
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Working Group Established to Explore Sustainable Future for Kemptville Campus
The Ontario government has established a working group to explore the feasibility of new models for delivering learning, training and instruction at the Kemptville agricultural college campus in easte...
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Homestead Organics Partners with Mountain Path Organics for Organic Flour Milling
Homestead Organics, a Sustain Ontario member, opened its newly acquired stone-ground flour mill in Morrisburg in late May. The original 30-inch grind stones and other equipment was acquired from Mount...
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Just Food Farm and National Capital Commission Sign 25 Year Lease
With this agreement, the Just Food Farm will have a home in 150 acres of the NCC's greenbelt land around Ottawa to continue to model and inspire small-scale, viable agriculture businesses and initiati...
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Happy Canada Day to Ontario Pollinators!
This Canada Day, July 1st, Ontario is taking leadership in the protection of pollinators. Ontario is the first jurisdiction in North America to take a comprehensive approach to pollinator health--one...
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Sustain Ontario Statement on Ontario’s Pollinator Strategy
On May 28, 2015, Sustain Ontario joined Jean-Marc Bonmatin, researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and vice-chair for the international Task Force on Systemic Pesticid...
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Eat Think Vote: Add Your Voice to the Campaign for a National Food Policy
Food Secure Canada is spearheading the national coalition in an innovative campaign called Eat Think Vote that will see Canadians in over 100 federal ridings sitting down with their candidates to disc...
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CFIA Labelling Modernization Online Questionnaire – Open until June 30
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking feedback on proposed options to modernize the food labelling system. An online questionnaire is now available and will remain open until June 30, ...
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Webinar Recap: Beyond The Local Food Event: Conversations with Teacher Champions
On June 10th, Coreen Jones of Ecosource and Jody Mitchell of Roots to Harvest hosted a lively conversation with two Ontario secondary school teachers on how to bring more local food into the school en...