Earlier this year, both the City and the County of Peterborough were proud to declare September as Local Food Month. Congratulations to Farms At Work, Transition Town Peterborough and the hard-working organizing committee volunteers who have made Local Food Month come to life with an exciting array of events, anchored by the 5th annual Purple Onion Festival to be held on Sept 20th, 11am-5pm, at Millenium Park. To view the many events that are happening this month please visit their website.
Category Archives: Agriculture and Local Food
The Purple Onion Festival is a celebration of our local community, a more resilient and sustainable one, one that supports our local farmers and locally owned businesses by building relationships with them, by making connections and by living more locally. Come out to the Festival this Sunday, September the 21st, 11-4, at Peterborough’s Millennium Park, and celebrate local! Admission is free. For further details, including a list of events, please visit the Festival’s website at http://thepurpleonion.org/.
7 Days of Green is back this year, June 1-7! Visit their brand new website for detailed listings of events. http://7daysofgreen.ca/
Sustainable Peterborough is proud to be one of the partners in the “Buy Local Cash Mob” event taking place on Wednesday, June 4th, at the Electric City Bread Company, 165 Sherbrooke Street, Peterborough, from 10 am until 5 pm.
On September 18, 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs launched a key piece of their broader food strategy – The Local Food Fund. The Local Food Fund is a 3-year initiative with funding of up to $10 million per year to support innovative local food projects that reduce barriers to sustainable, regional economic development. The goal of the Local Food Fund is to increase the purchase of Ontario foods and contribute to increase economic activity.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Peterborough Public Library Auditorium
345 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough
Registration is FREE and available online at
https://localfoodforum.eventbrite.com/
Agenda includes:
- local food agencies, groups and service providers are invited to make a 5 minute presentation on their local food programs and services, followed by
- Judy Coward, Economic Development Consultant with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, will provide an overview of the Local Food Fund & application details.
Take the time to find out more about this new funding opportunity.
The first funding period closes October 31, 2013.
The Peterborough Social Planning Council is conducting this survey to better understand purchasing habits, attitudes and perceptions of local food. The information we gather will be used to help support and direct food policy development locally. It will take only 10 minutes of your time to fill out. Just click on this link to follow the quick and easy steps: go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5CGHQ86
While overall survey results will be made public in a report on food and farming in Peterborough County, your individual responses will be kept in strict confidence.
If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Berry Merriam at .
Please consider forwarding this to 5 to 10 contacts(colleagues, friends, co-workers, family, neighbours) to help us reach our goal of gathering as many responses as possible to reflect our diverse community.Â
Dawn Berry Merriam, M.A.,
Research & Policy Analyst,
Peterborough Social Planning Council,
Peterborough Square,
Lower Level,
360 George Street North,
Peterborough, ON,
K9H 7E7
phone: 705-743-5915,
fax: 705-748-6174
www.pspc.on.ca