"Eating local and in season at heart of Anna Olson's new cooking show"
March 17, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkCooW07PE6PGaM3QCkd2c-XJt8A
Food for Thought
Check out the New York Times article titled, "Did your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?em&ex=120702
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?em&ex=120702
TORC Conference
TORC CONFERENCE 2008 PROGRAM CHOCK FULL OF LOCAL APPROACHES TO BOOSTING RURAL!!The Ontario Rural Council (TORC) works to represent the collective rural voice by covering a wide range of rural sector interests and highlighting today's emerging issues. And this year's TORC Conference Program is no exception! We've packed it with best practices, effective strategies and success stories to help empower our rural business and community stakeholders. Here's just some of what we have in store for you:
o Broadband 'Readiness': Bringing high speed internet to our rural communities
o Local Food Movement: Capitalizing on locally-grown and locally-produced foods
o Rural Youth Councils: Why you should have one and how to get started
o Rural / Urban Linkages: Highlighting the City of Ottawa's approach to improving rural-urban relations
o Leadership Challenge Workshop: Introducing The Leadership Challenge Model and Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
o Community Vitality Indicators: Measuring the 'health' of your community
o Rural Entrepreneurship: Support that can make a difference
o Rural Health: Connecting communities through medicine
o Rural e-Business: Broadband as economic enabler
Be sure to view Full Conference Program details by visiting www.torc.on.ca and clicking through to our Conference website!
Have You Registered Yet?? - Only two weeks to go! Register Online Today at www.torc.on.ca
For more information, contact our Conference Coordinator, Vicki Nash-Moore, at groupworks@sympatico.ca
o Broadband 'Readiness': Bringing high speed internet to our rural communities
o Local Food Movement: Capitalizing on locally-grown and locally-produced foods
o Rural Youth Councils: Why you should have one and how to get started
o Rural / Urban Linkages: Highlighting the City of Ottawa's approach to improving rural-urban relations
o Leadership Challenge Workshop: Introducing The Leadership Challenge Model and Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
o Community Vitality Indicators: Measuring the 'health' of your community
o Rural Entrepreneurship: Support that can make a difference
o Rural Health: Connecting communities through medicine
o Rural e-Business: Broadband as economic enabler
Be sure to view Full Conference Program details by visiting www.torc.on.ca and clicking through to our Conference website!
Have You Registered Yet?? - Only two weeks to go! Register Online Today at www.torc.on.ca
For more information, contact our Conference Coordinator, Vicki Nash-Moore, at groupworks@sympatico.ca
CBC Podcasts
As part of their "Diet for a Hungry Planet" series, the CBC did a piece on urban agriculture. Have a listen to the podcast at: http://www.cbc.ca/podcasting/pastpodcasts.html?8#ref8
Rising food prices are also making the news. Check out the podcast titled "The rising price of grain" through the same link.
Rising food prices are also making the news. Check out the podcast titled "The rising price of grain" through the same link.
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