According to a new study by Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the University of Guelph, wetlands currently remove harmful phosphorus from Lake Simcoe and save local municipalities about $300,000 a year for this ecological service.  Despite efforts and a growing awareness of the benefits they provide, Ontario’s wetlands continue to be lost.

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July 27, 2011 

But it can’t be long now with Fresh City Farms on the scene. This new fresh veg delivery service is bringing all the right elements together:

It’s that time of the year again. Friday afternoon comes along and everyone is busily packing their bags and hitting the road to their cottages. This weekend I went up to my friend Lenny’s cottage in Scugog to celebrate his 26^th birthday. 

Just an hour and a half drive east from Toronto, you enter into an area of rolling hills, farmer fields and Lake Scugog. You know you’re entering the Greenbelt, well because there are signs that indicate so, but also because you see the geographical phenomenon of gravel, sand and silt formed by glaciers during the last ice age known as the Oak Ridges Moraine.

Developers, planners and environmentalists can all wave their “whitebelt” flag. A new study shows that the area between the Greenbelt and urban growth boundaries, nicknamed the “whitebelt”, contains enough land to accommodate development for several generations.

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Announced today, CBC Radio 2 (94.1FM) and the Hamilton Spectator have joined on to spread the word about the Greenbelt Harvest Picnic. Through various interviews with Daniel Lanois and coverage at the event itself, the Picnic will receive the attention it deserves as a promoter of sustainability and going local. 

Namgyal (left) and Elena, hard at work.

We recently partnered with Skills for Change, bringing on two fantastic co-op students. Skills for Change is non-profit organization providing learning and training opportunities to immigrants and refugees. We're so happy to have Elena and Namgyal with us, and we'd like you to meet them.

 Sustaining Ontario's Greenbelt – 3.06 MB

Developers, planners and environmentalists can all wave their "whitebelt" flag. A new study shows that the area between the Greenbelt and urban growth boundaries, nicknamed the "whitebelt", contains enough land to accommodate development for several generations.  

In fact, expansion plans for the next 20 years in the regions of Durham, York, Peel, Halton, and the City of Hamilton only allow use of approximately 17 per cent of the "whitebelt" for development. This leaves nearly 83 per cent of the "whitebelt", or 120,000 acres of land, untouched until 2031 providing decades of land for housing, industrial and commercial development.

With musicians like Daniel Lanois, EmmyLou Harris, Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles, and Ray Lamontagne, just to name a few -- the first ever Greenbelt Harvest Picnic is sure to be a hit with something fun for everyone.

"A thousand summer moments" 

As printed in Thời Báo, a Vietnamese newspaper in Toronto.