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An hour away from Ottawa, Perth is a small community of 6,000 which swells to a total of 20,000 when including the greater Perth area. Board members at the Food Bank were dissatisfied with their work. They were itching to try something new that would enable them to make a philosophical shift toward addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. At the same time, The Stop was looking for a partner interested in joining its food revolution. The moment was ripe. In a very short period of time, a new community food centre took root.
Did you know about the Melanchton mega-quarry project? Its goal was to convert 765 hectars of prime farmland into a rock mine. Fortunately, the project was derailed thanks to a powerful "coalition of farmers and urban foodies," as the Globe and Mail writes in this engaging article.
Today marked the first organized delivery of 560 pounds of locally grown carrots from Kennedy Farms near Omemee to Food For Kids Peterborough and County school breakfast programs.
I shared, last month, how fall rains irresistibly bring me back to the days when, as a child, I used to go and collect des p'tits gris for our family feasts. So I was drawn to the name of this truck and I was deligthed to discover that no escargot was hurt in the process of making this video... :)
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