PRNewswire-USNewswire, April 25, 2012 Thousands more jobs created than in conventional food
Producing U.S. foods organically creates thousands more jobs than if that food were produced using conventional agricultural methods, according to a new economic study released today here at the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA’s) Policy Conference. The report, “2010 Impacts of the U.S. [...]
by Melissa Benner Soiled & Seeded, May 2012
Erica Lemieux has ingeniously incorporated all three of these elements into her urban agriculture business, City Seed Farms. As the planting season begins, you’ll find her cycling between backyards in the High Park and Junction neighbourhoods of Toronto, with a trailer full of tools and [...]
April marked the start of the Ecological Market Gardening, and Ecological Livestock Skill Building Farm Tours. April’s Market Garden Tour featured Caitlin Hall of re-root organic farm. Caitlin was a terrific hostess, welcoming sixteen of us out of the drizzly rain into her cozy farmhouse near Harriston ON. Everyone packed in around the fireplace [...]
CBC News Posted: Mar 16, 2012
The Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture is searching for ways to transfer more farms from one generation to the next as fewer young people are getting into the farming business.
Older farmers in the province who want to retire are often unable to find people with the desire and [...]
Financing team offers training as part of healthy food initiative
By Patty Cantrell
Nic Welty employs himself full time year-round raising lettuce, spinach, and other leafy greens in three low-cost passive solar greenhouses, which together cover less than one acre of land.
His Nine Bean Rows farm near Traverse City, MI, is one of [...]
To Make A Farm, a feature-length documentary film exploring the lives of five new farmers, will premiere in Ontario in early March, with screenings on March 3rd in Walkerton and March 4th and 5th in Guelph. Filmmaker Steve Suderman and the featured farmers—four of whom live and farm in the area—will be in [...]
Anthea Gerrie Published: The Independent, February 10, 2012
What is it about veg boxes that they are positively prospering in the recession while supermarket sales of organic greengroceries have plunged? Is it loyalty to an ethical supplier, a determination to maintain green credentials as the planet heats relentlessly, or merely the surprise of not [...]
Published: February 8, 2012, Soil Association An impact assessment of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in England – entitled ‘The Impact of Community Supported Agriculture’– has found that CSA schemes are providing multiple benefits to thousands of members, their communities, local economies and the environment. CSA offers an innovative approach to reconnecting people with [...]
By: Emily Van Halem Publication: Shamless, January 20, 2012
Looking for a job? Check your local classifieds and you’ll find that many types of ads abound. But have you ever seen a “Farmers Wanted” ad? I haven’t. Nevertheless, the agricultural sector in Canada is in desperate need of help.
In the next ten years [...]
The Ethno-Cultural Vegetable (ECV) researchers at the University of Guelph, Dr. Glen Filson and Dr. Bamidele Adekunle invite you to attend a workshop on Ethno-Cultural Vegetables in Ontario.The one day workshop will explore opportunities and barriers in the ECV market in Ontario. The program for the day includes;
Presentations on opportunities and barriers of [...]
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