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CFN -Eco Farm Day is back for 2012! It’s at the Ramada in Cornwall Ontario on February 25 & 26th! The theme of Eco Farm Day 2012 is ”Vibrant Family Businesses in Organic Agriculture and Food”. In the current economic climate, the small business sector is the leading economic engine. Coupled with that, the organic [...]
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January 30 2012 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Cornwall, Entertainment, Events, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News, Shopping, Shopping in Cornwall, Small Business, What's Going On | Read More »
CFN – Consumers wishing to avoid chemical pesticide residues in food, water and on farms have a simple choice: organic products, the Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) said today. Repeated government samplings in North America and Europe have shown organic produce has much lower pesticides residues when compared to non-organic. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) pesticide residue [...]
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December 9 2011 | Posted in Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Health & Wellness, News | Read More »
CFN – Are you going to the Eastern Ontario Food Conference Thursday December 1st at the University of Guelph campus in Kemptville Ontario? I know Tom Manley of Organic Central and Homestead Organics will be speaking. This is a great opportunity to to hear from people in the area at the forefront of [...]
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November 23 2011 | Posted in Community, Events, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Kemptville, News, SD&G Arts & Culture, Shopping, South Stormont, What's Going On | Read More »
CFN – A number of hours have been spent over the last week hulling, culling, cleaning and drying our harvest of black walnuts. All of this has been done manually; definitely a time intensive labour of curiosity. My partner and I chose two different methods of dehulling the nuts. . I chose simply to break [...]
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November 13 2011 | Posted in Earth Matters, Food & Nutrition, GREEN News, Headlines, News | Read More »
CFN – Would you like to: Cook healthy, budget-friendly meals in a group setting? Take home tasty, freezer-friendly meals for your family? Meet new friends? If so, plan to attend the North Dundas Community Kitchen Planning Meeting on November 9th! At the meeting, you will learn more about how a Community Kitchen operates and plan for the first [...]
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November 1 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Cornwall, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News, Ontario, SD&G Arts & Culture, Winchester | Read More »
Sunday, September 11, 2011 Canada Agriculture Museum (The Central Experimental Farm) Ottawa ON – Feast of Fields is an annual event during which local farmers and chefs from the greater Ottawa region team up to create an original and organic feast for the public. On Sunday, September 11, 2011 Canadian Organic Growers – Ottawa Chapter will once [...]
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September 4 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Community Calender, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News, Ottawa, What's Going On | Read More »
Ingleside ON – Reg Coffey of Coffey’s Coffee has capitulated to local coffee lover’s demands. He roasts some of the finest coffee in the area, but has until this time stayed away from the higher end rare coffee’s of the world. After sampling some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee recently he changed his mine and [...]
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August 1 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Community Calender, Entertainment, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Long Sault ON, News, Ontario, SD&G Arts & Culture, Small Business, South Stormont, South Stormont, Special Offers, What's Going On | Read More »
Regina SK – A new survey sponsored by Farm Credit Canada (FCC) shows that despite a preference for buying Canadian food products, many consumers don’t put their money where their mouth is. Yet Canadians are privileged to pay some of the lowest prices in the world for safe, high-quality food. According to the spring survey, [...]
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July 13 2011 | Posted in Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News | Read More »
Washington DC – We heard from Bob Peters of Economic Development here in Cornwall Ontario where he is sharing some of the amazing opportunities and advantages of setting up shop in our City by the River. I am in Washington on behalf of the City to exhibit at the Fancy Food Show. The food sector [...]
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July 10 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall Area Politics, Eastern Ontario Politics, Entertainment, Finance, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Money, News, Ontario, Politics | Read More »
Long Sault ON – All lot of people were wondering where the heck Coffey’s Coffee was last week at the opening of the Cornwall Farmers Market? He was in Long Sault at their Market on Friday afternoons! You can find Reg Coffey and his amazing line of locally roasted coffee’s and new line [...]
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June 10 2011 | Posted in Announcements, Community, Community Calender, Entertainment, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Long Sault ON, News, Ontario, Shopping, South Stormont, What's Going On | Read More »
Cornwall ON – All Things Food was formed in 2008 by local organizations and individuals who were passionate about transforming our local food system into one that is sustainable and strong. The Network, which now has over twenty members, is guided by a steering collaborative consisting of The Upper Canada Leger Centre for Education and [...]
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June 1 2011 | Posted in Community, Cornwall, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News, Ontario | Read More »
Cornwall ON – While it is true that we all need to eat, making it a pleasure is an art. To make it a pleasure and be good for us as well is like the cherry on the sundae – organic cherry of course. After I finished reading “Must Have Been Something I Ate” by Peggy [...]
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May 23 2011 | Posted in Entertainment, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Health & Wellness, News | Read More »
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO IS GOING TO CHANGE YOUR COUNTRY LOOK IN THE MIRROR! I have been so astounded, listening to people about the upcoming election. and saddened by so many people’s lack of being informed. . After speaking with many people here in Cornwall here are some examples of what I hear. [...]
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April 20 2011 | Posted in 2011 Federal Election Campaign, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, Letters to the Editor, News, Opinion | Read More »
Cornwall ON – A long time ago I learned that there were in fact many people that knew much more about some things than I did. I know, shocking! Yet I marvel at how people elected to government, on this case “The Harper Government” seemingly don’t grasp this simple tenet to success. Police [...]
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March 13 2011 | Posted in FEDERAL Politics, Food & Nutrition, GREEN News, Headlines, Health & Wellness, News, Politics | Read More »
Berwick ON – I think one of the reasons I like Tom Manley so much is that we both have vision. Vision is what lets people take ideas and make them become something very special sometimes. I mean, who would think that a little out post in Berwick Ontario could turn into what Mr. [...]
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March 10 2011 | Posted in Community, Food & Nutrition, GREEN News, Headlines, Long Sault ON, News, Ontario, South Stormont | Read More »
NOTICE OF A MEETING General Founding Assembly Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network Date : Thursday, March 10, 2011 Place : Georgian House Restaurant & Day Spa 146 Main Street South, Alexandria, Ontario Time : 2 pm The Organizing Committee of the Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network invites you to its Founding Assembly, on March 10, 2011. [...]
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February 28 2011 | Posted in Alexandria ON, Announcements, Community, Community Calender, Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News | Read More »
Cornwall ON – This weekend it’s time for Eco Farm Day, one of my favorite local events as it was one of the first we covered! Conference Chair this year is Mr. Tom Manley of Homestead Organics and Organics Central which is an exciting new development that Mr. Manley and his team have been working [...]
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February 23 2011 | Posted in Community, Community Calender, Cornwall, Entertainment, Food & Nutrition, GREEN News, Headlines, Health & Wellness, News, Shopping, Shopping in Cornwall, What's Going On | Read More »
Cornwall ON – The Ontario East Food Sector Marketing Team will once again be exhibiting at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. The effort is aimed at raising the profile of Eastern Ontario to food company executives from around the world who will be attending this major show. 2011 marks the third consecutive [...]
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January 10 2011 | Posted in Food & Nutrition, Headlines, News | Read More »