Archive : Food News

Thank you to hosts Darren and Ryan for exposing local organic farmers and discussing the pros and cons of organic foods. We had lots of fun and viewers are calling and emailing us about buying organic produce. A must watch thought provoking show for all Peel region citizens. Green Times – Wednesdays 9 PM @ Rogers 10

Sunday August 19, 2012 • 3 – 8pm Join us for a unique and delicious afternoon to help us support a new generation of farmers. Wander our farm and enjoy appetizers with local brew and biodynamic wine in hand. Meet 36 new farmers from 20 different countries. Watch as Yasser Qahawish leads a team of passionate chefs cooking up an amazing meal over coals on the farm. Find your seat at our handcrafted harvest tables to [Read More...]

OMNI TV Crew  A big thank you to OMNI TV for supporting the local farmers. OMNI TV is educating its viewers about food and how its grown.

Garden Snob Wed Jun 8 2011, 7:29am ET Byline: Marilyn Renaker Getting everyone you meet to join the Millions Against Monsanto (NYSE:MON) campaign should be easy – upwards of 90% of the public already agrees that foods made with genetically modified organisms should be labeled – but if you need some ammunition and inspiration to inspire you to spread the word, look no further than these 10 scary reasons [Read More...]

The New York Times Thu Jun 9 2011 Byline: GARDINER HARRIS and DENISE GRADY; William Neuman contributed reporting. WASHINGTON — Farmers have for decades fed chickens an arsenic- containing drug that promotes growth, but after a government study found trace amounts of this poisonous carcinogen in chickens, its maker will suspend its sales. Officials at the Food and Drug Administration said the amounts found were [Read More...]

The Post (Hanover) Thu Jun 23 2011 Byline: BY SKYLER RADOJKOVIC CHESLEY -At a recent event held in Chesley, producers of local foods described their livelihoods and discussed the challenges they face from government regulations and market forces. “These regulations assume that people are stupid,” said Tarrah Young of Green Being Farm, near Neustadt. The event was titled “Stepping Up to the Plate: [Read More...]

Waterloo Region Record Wed Jun 22 2011 Byline: Margaret Mellon and Doug Gurian-Sherman Source: McClatchy-Tribune By 2050, the world will have to feed nine billion people, adapt to climate change, reduce agricultural pollution, and protect fresh water supplies – all at the same time. Given that formidable challenge, what are the quickest, most cost-effective ways to develop more productive, drought-, flood- and [Read More...]

Canadian Press Tue Jun 21 2011 Byline: BY LISA RATHKE MONTPELIER, Vt. _ Many of the millions of Americans who turned to gardening to save money during the recession appear to be sticking with it during the recovery as food prices remain high and interest in safe, fresh and local food grows nationwide. Forty-three million U.S. households planned to grow at least some of their own food in 2009, a 19 per cent increase [Read More...]

By John Miner London Free Press June 21, 2011, 9:57pm FOOD FIGHT: Genetically modified with material from a mouse, Enviropig could be headed for a dinner plate near you. Supporters argue genetically engineered food is the best way to feed the planet’s growing population. Nonsense, opponents counter. It sounds like a plot for some weird science fiction flick, cooked up by an overly lubricated campus film club. Take [Read More...]

CBC.CA News Tue Apr 26 2011 A major western Canadian grocery chain has been selling produce advertised as “B.C. Grown” that came from the United States or elsewhere, CBC News has found. Several examples were discovered in two Save-On-Foods locations in the Vancouver area, as well as at other stores. “It’s annoying, it’s very annoying,” said Linda Delli Santi, executive director [Read More...]