Have you ever visited a farm—whether for a tour, workshop or just a pleasant afternoon—and wished you could stay a bit longer? At Alabaster Acres, the feeling is reciprocal. Aimee Alabaster wanted visitors at her farm in Caledon to be able to enjoy a longer, more in-depth and personal...read more
The Palgrave United Community Kitchen invites you to spend a day touring and tasting the local harvest in Caledon and the Headwaters area at a Local Farm & Food Tour on Wednesday, August 22. The tour will visit Everdale Community Teaching Farm (Hillsburgh), Goodlot Farmstead Brewery (Caledon), and the Inglewood...read more
The first week of June in Ontario is Local Food Week, and nicely paired with it, is Ontario Craft Cider Week. A number of participating restaurants and bars will be taking part in the week’s festivities, toasting all things craft cider. Like local food, Ontario craft cider is a...read more
Spring has finally sprung, and the Town of Caledon is ready to get growing. Last month, on April 21, the Caledon Seed Library was launched during the Caledon Spring Home Show to great enthusiasm. Over 200 people dropped in to the launch, which already had a collection of 569...read more
“I championed bringing Local Food Club to my children’s school because I want to support sustainable local food and farming,” Lisa Mychajluk tells us, “and create as many opportunities as possible to talk about food issues in a fun and empowering way.” Lisa is a parent at Alton Public...read more
A workshop last month in Brampton, Ontario aimed to connect new Canadians to job opportunities in the food and beverage processing sector—an industry that is seeking to create 60,000 new jobs by 2020. In partnership with the City of Brampton’s Economic Development office, the event came as part of...read more
Olymel L.P., one of the country’s largest pork and poultry processors and distributors, has invested over $30 million to refurbish one of its existing plants and acquire a new 50,000-sq.-ft. plant, both located in Brampton. The reorganization and addition of activities at both plants will create more than 100 new...read more