GWFRT

5th Annual Source It Here Event

GWFRT — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:34:32 +0000

Source it Here!�
The 5th Annual Guelph Wellington Local Food B2B Networking Event

Position Your Business To Grow – From The Ground Up

Farmers, chefs, food processors, distributors and other stakeholders in the food industry are invited to Wellington’s premier Local Food Networking Event. The program includes presentations on value chains and consumer trends, an introduction to business resources & a local food trade show.

More info and online registration and volunteer opportunities:

www.tastereal.ca or contact Christina Mann at tastereal@gmail.com

Monday, February 25th, 2013

12:00pm -5:30pm

Loyola House at Ignatius Jesuit Centre

Admission (for 1) including booth space: $55
Admission only:
taste real partners: $25
non partners: $30

2013 SOURCE IT HERE FLYER

The Stop Webinar : What’s Cooking? A Look at The Stop’s Community Kitchen Programs

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:24:31 +0000

Join staff from The Stop Community Food Centre on April 12 th for the next in our series of webinars. Entitled “What’s Cooking? A Look at The Stop’s Community Kitchen Programs”, this webinar will explore the various types of community kitchen programs that The Stop has offered over the past 14 years, as well as issues of outreach & evaluation, tips on running a good community kitchen session, and how community kitchens relate to our larger work of creating Community Food Centres across Canada.

Featuring Program Director Kathryn Scharf, Urban Agriculture Manager (and The Stop’s first ever staff to run Community Kitchens!) Rhonda Teitel-Payne, and Community Programs Manager Amanda Montgomery, please join us for this informative and exciting discussion.

Contact: elizabeth@thestop.org or ross@thestop.org

Sustain Ontario Good Food Ideas Event Invite

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:23:03 +0000

Where: Ground Floor of OMAFRA, 1 Stone Road

Cost: Free

RSVP at ontariofoodvideos.eventbrite.com

Transition Guelph Urban Food Working Group – First Garden Tour of 2012

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:21:19 +0000

When: April 15 from 1 – 4 pm (weather permitting)

Location: 38 Brockville Avenue, Guelph, proceed directly to the garden (back door entrance)

Tour Camilla and Brian’s four season garden, where they produced greens under cold frames all winter. Hear about the type of greens that can grow in Guelph during the winter months.

Bring a food item or a beverage to share.

Please RSVP to Camilla (brian_camilla@acanac.net) or Roxana (roxana.roshon@gmail.com)

Free Growing Nut Trees Workshop & Dirt the movie

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:17:47 +0000

Join Guelph Urban Forest Friends on April 20 for another presentation in our Trees in Our Life series. This is a free event starting at 7 p.m. at 10 Carden St. For more information please click here.

Headwaters Food Summit

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:10:10 +0000

Please join Headwaters Communities in Action, Wellington, Dufferin Guelph Public Health and a host of supporting partners on Monday April 23rd, 2012 for the first-ever, Headwaters Food Summit and Local Food Trade Fair.

If you are interested in working together to build our food future, please join us and help develop a practical approach to bring out the best of the food system in Headwaters.

We expect to have broad representation from across our the food system at this event, including: food producers, distributors, restaurateurs, chefs, caterers, food retailers, food processors and consumers.

Registration for this event is $25 (plus HST) and includes a gourmet lunch prepared using local ingredients by Hockley Valley’s Chef de Cuisine, Michael Potters. Please register by clicking here.

Organic Stone Soup

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:17:08 +0000

Join Canadian Organic Growers Perth-Waterloo-Wellington in an event focused on building community around good food and food skills.

The day starts off with a soup-making workshop for adults led by Red Seal Chef and local organic farmer Cathy Hansen. Learn how to easily prepare wholesome, hearty meals for your family and bring the kids along – there will be children’s activities to engage your young ones in good food fun. (Registration Required. Only 20 spots available. Sign up here)

There will be other food skill demonstrations and activities for all ages starting at 10:30am, so everyone is encouraged to come out and learn something new about food. We will all come together for a storytelling of Organic Stone Soup, our own version of the old fable. Last but not least, we’ll all enjoy some organic stone soup together!

10:30 a.m. Soup-Making Workshop (Registration Required. Only 20 spots

available. Sign up here)

OPEN EVENT

10:30 a.m. Food Activities For All Ages

11:30 a.m. Organic Stone Soup Storytelling

12:00 p.m. Soup sharing til 1:00pm

Organic Backyard Workshop

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:12:12 +0000

Join Cathy Hansen to discover the real dirt on producing your own organically grown food. Cathy’s 25 years of growing organic food in her own backyard is sure to inspire! Space is often limited, so reservations are recommended – reserve your spot here. Donations accepted.

St. George’s Church
99 Woolwich St

This event is part of Transition Guelph’s Resilience Festival. Learn more at www.transitionguelph.org/resilience2012.

Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming

GWFRT — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:39:44 +0000

The Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming (GCUOF) is a 2.5 acre certified organic farm for sustainable urban food production on the University of Guelph campus.

For more info, read GCUOF prepares for a new season of learning and gardening, a U of Guelph press release or Growing the urban organic way.

The garden always seeks more volunteers, so check them out. The GCUOF is located at College Ave and Dundas Ln, just off Parking Lot P18 and just past the Cutten Fields. For directions from Google Maps click here.

Jobs, jobs, jobs

GWFRT — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:53:59 +0000

Senior Farmer, Backyard Bounty, no closing date.

For great food-related jobs, check out:

We’ll add more resources to this list as we find them…