Posted in Food, Farming & Activism, Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration, News on Jun 25th, 2009 No Comments »
From CBC Radio, on Here and Now, hear Toronto urban gardener Zora Ignjatovic speaking with Sarah Elton about rooftop gardening and the amazing Living Food Box. These “blue bin” like boxes, with a simple hydroponic system, are now available in Toronto. Ideal for Horticultural Therapists looking to introduce the magic of food gardening in locations [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism, Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration on Jan 12th, 2009 No Comments »
When the ground is covered in snow, I find the best way to beat the winter blues it to deepen my learning by studying gardening. This Saturday I for fortunate to attend the Technical Update put on by the Toronto Master Gardeners. I believe it was the largest gathering of gardeners I have ever been [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Sep 26th, 2008 No Comments »
I was fortunate to get on the coach bus yesterday and tour agri-business industries in York Region with local educators and government officials. The second annual tour was organized by the York South Simcoe Training & Adjustment Board, York Region & the York Region Federation of Agriculture.
The tour aims to increase awareness of potential career [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on May 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Getting the tomato plants into the ground with help from student volunteers of a local private school.
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
The downtown Duncan ‘Market in the Square’ has been open Saturdays since March 8th. Bill Baker (shown above) has been representing Providence Farm at market for the past 15 years. He has many loyal costumers in the community who come to the market especially to hear his news and support the farm.
At this [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Billie Jean
The newest addition to the Providence Farm Family.
The first lamb to be born this year:
Sunday January 20th, 2008.
Ewe and lamb seen here under a heating lamp in the barn.
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Dec 25th, 2007 1 Comment »
The very final component of the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening program was hosted at the new FoodShare building in Toronto. With a December session focus on nutrition, we began with a question posed by a student of Rudolf Steiner who asked, “Why…is the will for action, for carrying out of the spiritual impulses so [...]
Posted in Children & Youth, Community Gardening, Food, Farming & Activism, Natural Gardening & Eco-Restoration on Dec 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
I’ve been hearing a lot of interest in seed balls lately and wanted to post some information on my blog. I was first introduced to the neat concept at an introductory workshop on permaculture offered by Garden Jane. During the summer I was fortunate to have the first-hand opportunity to view people of [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Oct 31st, 2007 No Comments »
The October session of the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening program was hosted at Whole Circle Farm, in Acton, on a glorious fall day. In the warm farmhouse living room, Cory Eichman, our instructor, introduced us to the biodynamic preparations and their role within the farm. There are eight herbal and animal preparations [...]
Posted in Food, Farming & Activism on Oct 6th, 2007 No Comments »
I first heard about Percy Schmeiser’s long court battle with the agribusiness giant Monsanto, over canola seed patent violations, from watching the disturbing but motivating documentary film The Fight for True Farming, by Quebec director Eve Lamont. This week Saskatchewan farmers Percy and Louise Schmeiser were named winners of the 2007 Right Livelihood Award [...]
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