This week from October 2nd to the 4th, there is a Conference about local food and the history of subsistence coming to North Bay. It is being hosted by Department of History and the Canada Research Chair in Environmental History at Nipissing University and Network in Canadian History of the Environment.
The Conference is being kicked off with a panel discussion with some Near North Locavores members, as well as a local producer. The info about this even was forwarded by one of the organizers, James Murton:
Contemplating Local Food: An Evening at the Kennedy Gallery
Where does your food come from? Does it matter? How do you "eat locally" in northern Ontario?
On Friday evening, October 2, join a panel of local food providers and activists for a lively discussion of why local food matters, and what they are trying to do about it.
Brought to you by the Department of History and the Canada Research Chair in Environmental History at Nipissing University, and the Network in Canadian History of the Environment.
Panelists
Jeremy St. Onge, wild foods enthusiast, aminita to zinania
Dave Lewington, Dalew Farms, Lavigne, ON
Lucy Emmott, gardener
Where and When
Friday, Oct 2, 6:30 pm (panel begins at 7:30)
W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery
150 Main St E
North Bay, ON
For more information contact James Murton at jamesm at nipissingu dot ca (replace "at" and "dot" with appropriate symbols) or 705 474-3450 x4402.
The actual Conference will be held at Nipissing University's Monastery Hall from October 3rd to the 4th. You can find more info about it here.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Harvest Festival at the North Bay Downtown Farmers' Market!
This is a press release from the North Bay Downtown Farmers' Market:
Well folks, we are drawing close to the end of another North Bay Downtown Farmers’ Market season...
WAIT! IT’S NOT OVER YET!!
This coming Saturday September 19, the Downtown Farmers’ Market will be hosting
their Annual Harvest Festival. Friends & family are welcome to visit the
same great location – the parking lot on McIntyre St. East – across from City Hall.
This Saturday only from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, kids can stay & play awhile at the FREE
Activity Centre. There will even be pumpkins to decorate!! There are a limited number of FREE
giveaways, so get there early to claim yours! Kids are also welcome to enter the
Harvest Festival Colouring Contest and prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Participation at the Activity Centre including the colouring contest is FREE!
All kids will receive a Certificate and goodies for joining in the fun.
There is lots of free parking, and the Market is OPEN until Thanksgiving weekend (October 10th) “rain or shine”, every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
See what your North Bay Downtown Farmers’ Market, has to offer you!
For more upcoming Special Event dates & information, or to learn more about the Market’s vendors please visit the NEW Market website at: http://www.northbayfarmersmarket.com/
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Buy Local, Share Local
Yesterday at the North Bay Downtown Farmers' Market Buy Local, Share Local had a booth for the day.
By Local, Share Local is a food security campaign sponsored by the Ontario Association of Food Banks and the RBC Foundation, along with partners Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Turkey Farmers of Ontario, Homegrown Ontario, and Ontario Farm Animal Council.
The project has been touring farmers markets across Ontario, where they are encouraging folks to buy local produce and to donate some to food banks, along with accepting food donations on the spot.
When they stopped by North Bay yesterday, they were collecting food for the North Bay Food Bank, and we had many generous folks stopping by the Locavore booth to purchase food to donate!
I am not quite sure how much food donations were collected, but the information should be on the Buy Local, Share Local blog. To see the rest of the farmers markets they will be stopping at
(and where they have already been) click here.
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