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The Canadian Coalition For Green Health Care Promotes environmentally friendly and sustainable health care
WRFoodNews June 6, 2011
Please find the latest Waterloo Region Food News below. WRFoodNews archives can be viewed at http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/wrfoodnews, and you can subscribe to the blog of the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable at http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=blog.RSS.
1. Garden Party wins Premier’s Award
Garden Party, the farm operation run by St Agatha's Theresa Schumilas, has won the Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence for Waterloo Region. Schumilas won for her innovative approach to running her organic CSA: she built an inspected kitchen on-site and produces preserves and prepared foods so that customers can purchase her foods year-round. See Roundtable blog for photo and details.
2. Public Event to Highlight Gravel Pit Issues
Leaders from the aggregate industry will provide their perspectives on issues related to aggregate management in Ontario at the Puslinch Community Centre on Tuesday, June 7th at 6:45pm. The keynote speaker is Dr. Rick Smith is Executive Director of Environmental Defence Canada. Also on the panel will be Mark Dorfmann, a land use planner and author of a recent review of aggregates planning in Ontario. See Roundtable Events for details.
3. 10th Anniversary of Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map
Foodlink Waterloo Region launched the 10th anniversary edition of the Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map at the St Jacob's Market on May 28th. The Map started in 2002 as part of an effort to promote locally sourced food by Region of Waterloo Public Health, under the rationale that local food is sustainable, economically beneficial, and builds a sense of community, all of which contribute to overall well-being. Foodlink is now an independent not-for-profit that promotes local food with the map, runs a Taste Local! Taste Fresh! Event every September, and offers a searchable, online database of local-food information, sources and recipes. For full story, see Roundtable blog.
4. Local Food, Imported Workers
Dr Janet McLaughlin shared her insights on the issues faced by migrant workers on Ontario's farms at a public event hosted by the Roundtable on May 24th. Migrant agricultural workers face many health issues due to the nature of their working conditions on Ontario farms, McLaughlin says. But we shouldn't automatically blame the farmers who employ them, since many provide the best conditions they can for their employees while trying to compete in a market where vitrually all of agriculture employs low-paid migrant workers. For full story, see Roundtable blog.
5. Patchwork Gardens Attracts New Immigrants
Two Patchwork Community Garden sites aim to tap into the Waterloo Region's multicultural diversity, inviting people from a myriad of backgrounds to roll up their sleeves and dig in the dirt side by side. The hope is that the gardens will help to decrease feelings of social isolation for newcomers while increasing food diversity in the region. For full story, see Roundtable blog.
6. Upcoming Food Events
You can now post your own Foodie events on our website! Go to our new and improved Events page on the Roundtable's website to view details on these and other upcoming events, or to post your own.
The Road Ahead: A New Aggregate Strategy – Tuesday, June 7, 6:45pm, Puslinch
Organic Seedling Sale – Saturday, June 11, 8am-12pm, Waterloo
Forks Over Knives – June 17-23, Princess Cinema, Waterloo
Build your Own Pet Waste Composter – June 21, 7pm, Kitchener
Guelph Wellington Local Food Fest – Sunday, June 26, Ignatious Farm, Guelph
Eating at the Casino – Tuesday, June 28, KPL Forest Heights Branch, Kitchener
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