Right to Fish

Food is Political I grew up on the outskirts of Port Hope, and spent the majority of my formative years in and out of town, exploring the Ganaraska Forest, fishing the Ganaraska river, swimming and kayaking in Lake Ontario, and riding every single backroad in the county- especially "Ganny 9"...

Wild Rice

Food is Political In line with Indigenous History Month and Wild Rice, I would like to say a quick word about food sovereignty battles in the area I grew up in. Rice Lake is a beautiful, quiet lake, and that made it quite attractive to first cottagers and now residents...

Expanding the Virtual Famers Market

Yes, the Market was just announced yesterday and it's ready to expand.The response has been inspiring and the pleas to expand delivery to other regions and to adapt the platform to other cities has been heard.The 'innovation' here is not an online store.  It's how the technology can notify customer of delivery...

Announcing the Virtual Farmers Market

These are very interesting times, and interesting times call for creativity and collaboration.  We've created the Virtual Farmers Market for any farmer or producer who is affected by the loss of their restaurant sales and/or farmers market sales.  We're still figuring out a lot, but here's what we have figured...

Move fast and MAKE things

It’s time to move fast and make things As the reality of our pandemic predicament settles in, I’m calling on my fellow entrepreneurs and innovators to get creative. The local food system that supports small farms has been stuck in a rigidity trap, where all of our habits and ways...

The Resiliency of the Local Food System

This is our 4th season of reviving the farm that Emily grew up on.We entered 2020 feeling that we had really hit our stride as farmers.  Growing beautiful food that enough people at markets and enough chefs respected that we could make a living out of this.  Along the way,...