Algoma Local Food Story on CTV News tonight at 6pm!

Last Thursday I was out at Edwards’ Century Farm with Fran and Grover Edwards (some of our CSA growers for the last 4 years) and CTV NEWS, doing a story on local food, Community Supported Agriculture and the Algoma Food Network.  The story was supposed to air that night, but they had some technical difficulties. 
It [...]

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Penokean Hills Farms Official Launch

Penokean Hills Farms invites you to join them for their Official Launch on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Algoma Co-op AG Centre in Echo Bay from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. with speeches and ribbon cutting at noon. 
There will be Penokean Hills’ beef on a bun available, and coupons for 10% off of a [...]

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CSA Article in Sault Star

For those who missed it, there was an article on CSA in this Saturday’s (April19th) Sault Star. Here is the link: http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=990562&auth=Tori+Cook+Special+To+The+Star.
For those who are still interested in joining a local CSA but haven’t gotten around to it yet, I recommend you do so soon…memberships are filling up fast and you don’t want to miss [...]

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Upcoming Food Security Workshop

Community Food Security
with Jeff Kohl of Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC). www.healthycommunities.on.ca
 
Hosted by the OHCC and Algoma Public Health, the workshop will be held on
May 28th from 1-4pm at the Civic Centre, 6th Floor Conference Room.
More details to follow.

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Ten Reasons to Eat Local Food

Eating local means more for the local economy.
According to a study by the New Economics Foundation in London, a dollar spent locally generates twice as much income for the local economy. When businesses are not owned locally, money leaves the community at every transaction.
 
Locally grown produce is fresher.
While produce that is purchased in [...]

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