Green Enterprise Ontario and Local Food Plus
         
present 

The 3rd Annual 

Brewers Plate

Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Ontario’s Greenbelt  

A local, sustainable spring feast featuring many of Toronto’s most distinguished chefs, brewers, food artisans and farmers, including:

Workshop (Hamilton-Niagara Feasibility Study)

The workshop discusses opportunities for local food distribution in the Niagara-Hamilton region, based on the results of an earlier feasibility study. This research assessed whether sufficient industry support exists to establish a regional food and agri-product distribution initiative in the Niagara and Hamilton areas and capture the growing interest among consumers for locally grown food.

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Locavore News — Ontario

Plumbline by Elbert van Donkersgoed
Perspectives on good food and farming
May 6, 2010

  
Is staying small a niche market luxury?

Eight artists encounter Ontario's Greenbelt – A Harbourfront Greenbelt exploration

This summer, Harbourfront Centre plans to unveil a new large-scale photographic exhibition along Toronto's waterfront. The subject: Ontario's Greenbelt. http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/beyondimaginings

I met with Joe Kantor for lunch this week – a leader in the Oshawa Generals organization. The Generals are a local OHL team with great history and pride in junior hockey. Joe has two young kids and is really committed to incorporating the Generals into the fabric of Oshawa and its surrounding Greenbelt.

Colin Firth attended the Green Living Show this past weekend in Toronto, where he was awarded (along with wife Livia and business partner Nicola Giuggioli) the first Green Living/EMA (Environmental Media Association) International Award, given to celebrities who make outstanding contributions to promoting a global green economy. The group’s store Eco Age, for which they were honoured, is the UK’s first ecological destination store. 

MARKHAM, ON – A report released today by the Academic Alliance for Agriculture calls on Markham Council to support the Town’s few remaining family farms and ultimately save the Town’s remaining agricultural land through measures including farmland trusts and tax incentives.

The following blog post is from our president, Burkhard Mausberg:

Children continue to amaze me.  I took my three girls to the Green Living Show this past weekend and each brought a friend along.  All six of them then worked at the Greenbelt Foundation booth, handing out materials and talking to other kids.

Locavore News — Ontario
Plumbline by Elbert van Donkersgoed
Perspectives on good food and farming
April 21, 2010

Locavore News — Local Food Procurement Policies
Plumbline by Elbert van Donkersgoed
Perspectives on good food and farming
April 15, 2010