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Local Food At Your Fingertips
By Virginie Lavallée-Picard
Just across the river from Ottawa, in Gatineau, the old Hull sector is now home to a few community-based initiatives that are contributing to a revitalization of the town and the region. Amongst them is the Marché de Solidarité Régionale de l’Outaouais, a citizen-initiated cooperative which makes local food available to the people of the Outaouais region and helps farmers overcome distribution and marketing challenges.
In Search of Deep Organic Distribution
By Kristine Hammel
In the keynote address at the recent Bring Food Home conference in Kitchener, Ontario, Joel Salatin said a successful local food system needs production, processing, marketing, accounting, distribution and patrons.
True Food Organics
By Janet Wallace
In the heart of Fredericton, New Brunswick, a small food store offers organic food, a sense of community and support for local organic farmers.
The value of organic: “By buying locally grown organic products, you are buying more than just something to eat.”
By Janet Wallace
By buying locally grown organic products, you are buying more than just something to eat.