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  • Come grow with us! Join the Food Bank's community garden

    So, do you like being outdoors? Don’t mind a bit of physical work? Want to meet some new friends? Want to eat more fresh produce AND save money on your food bills? Want to join in the exciting local food revolution sweeping communities across Canada?

    Come and join us! We’d like to invite members of our community to get involved in gardening with us starting in the spring of 2012. We are looking for people for the following roles:

    ·         Garden members:we’ll welcome as many novice or...

  • Support the Food Bank and Groundwaves!

    Check out this great offer from Groundwaves. If you donate $5 to the Food Bank, they will give you a $15 gift certificate for Groundwaves. Win, win!

    Now until May 31st.

  • Rural Voices Forum, Nov. 29, Perth

    The “Rural Voices Network” (RVN) is hosted by the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) and funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.  In early November, RVN launched the ‘Let Your Voice Be Heard’ Public Forums! To...

  • The Shareable Food Movement Meets the Law

    Very interesting article for all those who think regulations limit their access to local food!

  • The Earth Is Full - Article by THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN in the New York Times
  • Straw Bale Garden

    This is a retrospective diary of my straw bale garden experience  I blogged for sharing with friends who have expressed an interest.

  • Reskilling: Locally and Abroad

    This link shows a group of folk in Scotland who held a re-skilling summer school last year. Everything from willow weaving to bee keeping, herbal remedies to cutting grass with a scythe. I realized that our good neighbors in Brooke Valley have been offering a similar summer school for a few years now. Will post contact info and details of this should it happen again this summer. Enjoy the short film, and hope you get inspired ! :)

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  • Growing Slow Money

    Imagine having some money to invest. Instead of GIC's or bonds.....  Imagine investing it in local food production.

  • Gift economy-Gift circle