Farm shows a chance to meet, learn and reconnect
by Andrea McCoy-Naperstkow, Director, OFA
Even though the weather hasn’t caught up to the calendar just yet, we’ve just turned the corner into spring. It...
Food trends in 2017, part 2
Submitted By: Dana Hawthorne, MScFN, RD
Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit
With the start of the New Year, we can expect to see new...
Alternative Farming – Linking Agriculture, the Environment and Health
Abigail Conrad at the American University in Washington, DC states the following on her article published in The Guardian:
“Small-scale farmers produce food for 70%...
Food Trends in 2017
Submitted By:
Dana Hawthorne, MScFN, RD
Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit
With the start of the New Year, we can expect to see new...
Latest support tool for Canadian farmers
(NC) Our farmers provide us with nourishing local fruits, vegetables, grains and more to feed our families. But running a farm can be challenging,...
New Guide launched to help Ontario Food Start-Ups
The Agri-Food Management Institute (AMI) launched 'The Food Entrepreneur’s Journey’ today, to help budding food manufacturers with practical step-by-step advice on how to build...
The Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Complex recipes aren’t much fun, unless you have the time and can get really into it. Today’s recipe may...
Between 1996 and 2016, Ontario lost 1.5 million acres of farmland to development
Peggy Brekveld, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Do you know where your food comes from? It’s a simple question with a surprisingly complex answer. Our...
Why Food Tourism?
by Deron Johnston
The Ontario East Municipal Conference (OEMC) was hosted in Cornwall this past September by the Ontario East Economic Development Commission. Naturally, the...
Food Corner
by Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville
Yikes! I hate to say this, but the current Covid slump in the economy is reminiscent of the Great...