[All] Local events re: Local food & Quarries

[Louisette Lanteigne]

 Grown Close to Home - Really! 
Tired of food that looks and tastes like it has traveled miles to your plate? Not really sure where the "Grown Close to Home" food in the grocery stores comes from? Concerned about pesticides and chemicals on your food? Want to eat more local, sustainable food? Join us for a panel discussion about where, why, and how to eat local and sustainable foods in Waterloo Region. Get connected to your food and some of the farmers who grow it. 
 
January 26, 2010, 7-9pm 
Kitchener Public Library Main Branch
85 Queen St N, Kitchener.



 
The Threat of Gravel Pits to Agriculture and Food
 Over 7,000 acres of the best potato land in Dufferin County has been bought by a company that seeks to mine the land for the mineral aggregates below the surface. Across the province, many more acres of prime agricultural farmland lie on top of valuable aggregates, and existing provincial and municipal policies do little to prevent their conversion to gravel pits. Come hear from a panel of local farmers and activists talk about the threat to our food production and what can be done about it. 
 
February 23, 2010, 7-9pm
Kitchener Public Library Main Branch
85 Queen St N, Kitchener.
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