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Food Secure Canada Hosts Online Discussions on A Food Policy for Canada
Food Secure Canada is hosting online discussions over the next week to gather input from Canadians on their priorities for A Food Policy for Canada. The discussions are based on four themes covering t...
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Win Two Tickets to Feast of Local Flavours, a Unique Dining Experience at Bring Food Home
As we’re busy preparing for Bring Food Home 2017, our mouths are watering in anticipation of the Feast of Local Flavours on October 28th — so we’re giving away two tickets to this uniqu...
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Dig In to Farm to School Month 2017 for a chance to win a F2S Grant
We’re a couple weeks into the school year, and that means Farm to School (F2S) Month Canada, which is celebrated throughout the month of October, is coming up fast! Now in its fourth year, F2S M...
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Grow a Healthy School with Fresh from the Farm Fundraising
If your school is looking for a fresh take on fundraising, there’s still time to enroll in Fresh from the Farm, the healthy fundraiser for Ontario schools that sells local produce. While raising...
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Impacts of and Alternatives to Systemic Pesticides: a Science-Policy Forum Sept. 21
The David Suzuki Foundation and York University are hosting a one-day symposium on Thursday, September 21, Impacts of and alternatives to systemic pesticides: a science-policy forum. The event is brin...
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Grand Opening of POD Fresh Food Warehouse in Guelph Sept. 27
Celebrate the Grand Opening of the POD fresh food warehouse in Guelph with the SEED Community Food Hub on Wednesday, September 27. The warehouse is a brand new community space in Guelph, working to in...
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Inspiring Stories Sprouting from Farm to School Grant Recipients
Last year, 50 schools in Ontario and British Columbia received Farm to School Grants, giving thousands of students the invaluable opportunity to grow, harvest, cook, preserve and eat nutritious local ...
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GHFFA Celebrates Canada 150 with Farm Families who’ve been Farming 150 years or more
The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA), a Sustain Ontario member, is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by recognizing farm families who have been farming consecutively in the G...
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Celebrating Toronto’s first official Urban Agriculture Day September 15
The City of Toronto has proclaimed Friday, September 15, 2017, as the city’s first official Urban Agriculture Day! Toronto Urban Growers (TUG), a Sustain Ontario member, is celebrating across t...
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Online Survey: Generating Success for Farm to School Programs
It’s back to school, so we’re thinking farm to school! George Brown College, in partnership with Sustain Ontario and Farm to Cafeteria Canada, has undertaken a project to investigate and ...
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Presentations Available from Good Food in Schools Forum in Smiths Falls
The Ontario Edible Education Network had the pleasure of attending a Good Food in Schools Forum in Smiths Falls earlier this year (February 22), hosted by The Table Community Food Centre, in partnersh...
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Food Bank Panel Discusses Need for Long-Term Solutions to Food Insecurity
An important discussion surrounding Food Banks—and what they can and can’t do—was hosted by Ryerson University’s School of Nutrition and Centre For Studies in Food Security on April 6th. C...