[All] Upcoming events in KW re: Sustainability

[Louisette Lanteigne]

The following upcoming events regard C02, Food Security and how Gravelpits places agricultural farmlands at risk. 
 
(The Gravelpit event is a good one for folks interested in Greenbelt Expansion, moraine issues. the country side line and issues regarding Capital Paving in West Montrose. )
 
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Kicking our CO2 Addiction: Difficult but Doable; dither or deploy
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 6pm, University of Waterloo, Davis Centre room 1302
Lecture by Alistair Miller, Researcher Emeritus - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, on projections of global demand for energy and ways that this energy could be provided with acceptable side-effects and lowest possible cost.  For more details, see http://www.wise.uwaterloo.ca/Activities/AMiller.html
 
BRING FOOD HOME 2010 – Connecting Ontario Farm and Food Systems Conference
March 4-6, 2010, Kitchener Delta Hotel, King Street, Kitchener
This conference will bring together a broad range of participants from diverse regions and sectors, including farmers, health promoters, community groups and government organizations. Joel Salatin, an alternative farmer from Virginia that was featured in Michael Pollan’s “Omnivore’s Dilemma”, has been invited to give the opening keynote.
The Conference has been organized into the following streams:

Training for Emerging Farmers
Community Food Security
Strengthening Regional Economies
Sustaining Food Production – Farm, City and Countryside
More details on the conference, as well as registration information, is available at http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en/bring-food-home-2010. 
 
The Threat of Gravel Pits to Agriculture and Food
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 7-9pm, Kitchener Public Library Main Branch, 85 Queen St N, Kitchener
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.  Sponsored by the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable as part of its Healthy Food System series.  No RSVP needed. 
 
To view more upcoming events in our area regarding issues of local food and food security and organic farming, visit here:
http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=9
 
Lulu :0)
 
 
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