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Garden Party Blog
The Garden Party blog celebrates the actions of global peasants who are building a new fair and just food system. The change starts right here on 2 acres of land in the little village of St. Agatha, Ontario, Canada. Change is not hard - its a Garden Party – and you are invited.
Loblaw chief Galen Weston says farmers' markets pose health risk
The following coverage appeared in The Star today and is quickly circulating via Twitter. Small farmers are irate. It is not enough that the control exerted by consolidated retail by Loblaws and other chains has all but eradicated small farms in Canada. Now these giants seem to want to take issue with one of the few market channels that small producers have left.
Loblaw chief Galen Weston says farmers’ markets pose health risk
The 100-year diet: making a difference with organic
This article, by Mathew Holmes, Executive Director of the Canada Organic Trade Association appeared in a special supplement to the Globe & Mail October 14th for Organic Week 2011.
When you ask people what’s special about organic food, they generally say organic farmers do not use toxic chemical pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, hormones, antibiotics or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). That’s part of the picture, but there is much more to it.
Building Bridges
This blog attempts bridge building. My life is in these two different worlds and I love them both. So, I’m going to try to be the good party host and introduce you to each other. Each week I’ll blog about a particular journal article or concept that I’ve been studying and bring it to life by talking about how it relates to my everyday world of the farm.
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