This is an initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural affairs. On the site you will find recipes, produce facts and activities for the kids among other helpful information.
Website: www.foodland.gov.on.ca
An excellent and very informative site for information on the many health benefits of fruits and vegetables grown in Ontario.
Website: www.vhqfoods.ca
When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles—call it "the SUV diet." This website follows the journey of two people from B.C. who decided that they wanted to see if they could eat for one year, on food that they could find within 100 miles of their apartment in Vancouver. Learn about their journey and that of others. They have started a North American movement and network dedicated to eating locally.
Website: www.100milediet.org
Providing authentic local food experiences by retailing Ontario’s finest locally-produced products and connecting those passionate about food with local food-producing communities via edible events such as cooking classes, tastings and farm tours.
Website: www.culinarium.ca
Welcome to Harvest Canada, the new source for Agritourism attractions and local foods across Canada. After 7 years of providing the same great information to Ontario consumers, we are now expanding with some great new features for all Canadians! Our goal is to promote Canadian agriculture by providing farm-gate businesses with an opportunity to make a fair value for the products they produce. Enjoy and Happy Harvesting!
Website: www.harvestcanada.com
With over 1.8 million acres of prime agrcultural farmland, it’s no wonder that Ontario’s Greenbelt is home to close to 60 farmers’ markets in and around the Greater Golden Horseshoe area.
Website: www.greenbeltfresh.ca
Did you catch the piece on CBC about the “Product of Canada” labelling? Almost everywhere, there’s a growing sense that it would be smart to reduce our consumption of food that’s traveled halfway around the world. There are many reasons to buy locally, which include freshness, taste, safety, supporting farmers who live nearby, using less fuel for the sake of the planet. So there are lots of reasons to look for the “Product of Canada” label in the grocery store.
BUT the thing is, “Product of Canada” doesn’t actually mean the food is from around here. All it means, legally speaking, is that at least 51% of its production costs were spent in Canada. As Wendy Mesley’s report reveals, sometimes "Product of Canada" has been to three continents before it lands here.
Website: www.cbc.ca/marketplace/product_of_canada_eh
From CBC’s The National aired three stories on Friday night (July 25th, 2008) called on the trend toward growing more food locally. The stories were part of The National’s “Running on Empty” series on the rising costs of oil. Together they do an excellent job of framing local food issues in a global political context.The first story, “The $20,000 Barbeque” used data from a report on Food Miles produced by Region of Waterloo Public Health to illustrate the fuel costs of eating local food versus imports.The second, “Fork in the Road”, focused on efforts in Waterloo Region to encourage local food in the face of a historical trend towards relying on imports. The story features interviews with Thomas Homer-Dixon and Region of Waterloo Public Health’s Katherine Pigott as well as footage from the St Jacobs Farmers’ Market and the Elmira Produce Auction.The third story, “Urban Gardeners”, focused on the rise in popularity of community gardens in Ottawa.All three stories are archived on the CBC website and can be viewed in their entirety. Together the three stories run about sixteen minutes.
To view the stories, go to: www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/running_on_empty