My family moved from Toronto to Durham when my sister and I were only six months old. We played in Petticoat Creek Conservation Area in the summer, fall, winter, and spring—always racing home when the streetlights started to come on. On March 6, 2014, I was in Durham again—but this time in Courtice, to attend the first of three public consultations for the Durham Region Greenbelt Plan Review. READ MORE...
From Field to Farm Gate: Value-Added
Value-added activities such as secondary processing, agri-tourism, and related farm sales are increasingly recognized as a diversification strategy that can enhance farm viability.
You can have Your Cake and...
And eat it it too in Ontario's Greenbelt! Staff Kevin Cooper deconstructs the Greenbelt's 9th Anniversary all-local cake.
Owl Prowl-ing
On a cold winter night, four Greenbelt staff head up to the Humber College campus to trek in the urban woods of the Humber Arboretum for elusive owls…
Love Your Ravines
Green. Water. Valley. Walking. Those are the first things that come mind when I think of "ravines." We are fortunate to have a plethora of ravines in the GTA…