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Save the Date! FoodShare Annual General Meeting & Open House, (June 23, 2012)
Turning Trash into Treasure: Community Compost Leadership Training
(June-July 2012)Urban Agriculture Summit: Building Capacity for Action,
(August 15-18)
Save the Date! FoodShare Annual General Meeting & Open House, June 23
The 2012 FoodShare Annual General Meeting and Open House will be held on Saturday June 23, more details on the event will be sent out close to the date, but as always, you can count on a delicious fresh free lunch for all. We hope you can join us!
Place Making Solutions in the Food System: the Creation of Food Hubs and the Brazilian Experience of Government Policies and Programs, May 29
Please join FoodShare executive director Debbie Field as she reports back on her trip to Brazil to study its revolutionary food programs, and the papers she presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting.
Chaired by Fiona Yeudell, Director of the Centre for Studies in Food Security at Ryerson University (OMAFRA-SSHRC Participatory Action Research Project)
Place Based Solutions to Building a Local Food System
Terry Marsden, Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning in the School of City and Regional Planning at Cardiff UniversityFood Hubs and Food Centres: strengthening local distribution systems in Ontario
Alison Blay-Palmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfred Laurier University, (OMAFRA-SSHRC Participatory Action Research Project)Improving Food Access and Strengthening Local Farmers: lessons from Brazil
Debbie Field, Executive Director of FoodShare
The event is free and snacks will be provided.
For more information please contact Robyn Shyllit: robyn@foodshare.net, 416.363.6441 x282.
FoodShare would like to thank the generosity of the Metcalf Foundation for making this travel and exploration possible.
Date: Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Time: 7-9pm
Location: FoodShare Toronto, 90 Croatia St, M6H 1K9 (Lansdowne or Dufferin TTC)
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Turning Trash into Treasure
Community Compost Leadership Training
What: Hands-on training program led by FoodShare's Master Composter, Mike Nevin.
Learn what you need to know to lead a composting project in your community.
Turn your trash into treasure - nutrient rich, sustainable compost – food for your soil and plants!When:
Training sessions will be held once a week June – July, 2012Participants will start or maintain community composting projects in their own neighbourhood August – November, 2012Where:
Onsite training provided at FoodShare, 90 Croatia Street (Dufferin & Bloor area), and in your neighborhoodWho:
Registration is limited to 10 people
Training is free for individuals who can commit to the time and sharing skills with people in their own neighbourhood or community.To participate, you must be available and able to commit to:
- 4 hours per week during a weekday (June-July)
- 8-10 hours per month to set up and promote a composting project in your neighbourhood (August to November)
For more information and to apply:
contact heather@foodshare.net**Applications will be accepted until
Tuesday, May 29, 2012**
Urban Agriculture Summit: Building Capacity for Action, August 15-18
Around the world people are growing food in cities! From August 15 to 18, the 2012 Urban Agriculture Summit will bring together a diversity of people that are making it happen - design professionals, community groups, social housing advocates, tenants and developers, educators, planners, homeowners, urban growers and others - to share what is working, and to discover what is possible.
FoodShare is delighted to be working to present this landmark, hands-on urban agriculture event. The first Urban Agriculture Summit in Toronto will be action-oriented: attendees will learn new tools to advance urban agriculture in their own communities. Together participants will explore urban agriculture's current role and future potential in 21st century city-building.
For more information on Urban Agriculture Summit visit www.urbanagsummit.org.
