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Riveredge Microfarm delivers nutrient-packed microgreens
By Michelle Poirier
Riveredge Microfarm brings fresh and nutrient-dense microgreens to Georgina residents through a subscription delivery service and weekly at the Georgina Farmers' Market.
Sean...
York Regional Forest closed to the public until further notice
By: Mike Anderson
York Region has closed its 21 forest tracts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Georgina, the Metro Rd., Cronsberry and...
Feds unveil more funding for dairy, poultry and egg farmers hurt by free trade...
OTTAWA — Canadian egg and poultry farmers who've lost domestic market share due to two recent free trade agreements will soon have access to...
Expert Advice for Growing Produce from Your Patch
Thinking
about embracing your inner back-to-the-lander? Want to join the local food
movement – in your own backyard?
Celebrity
gardener Carson Arthur has a new book called...
Canada’s new food policy means everyone’s at the table
Evan Fraser, University of GuelphMarie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s agriculture and agrifood minister, recently announced that, after years of consultations, Canada...
Field-To-Table: City slicker visits Georgina’s working farms.
By: Tina Novotny
If you are an urbanite like me who likes to
channel their inner farmer, then a local country fair isn’t going to cut
it. ...
Province transfers Maple Lake Estate lands to LSRCA
By: Mike Anderson
A decades-long dispute over the future of 360 hectares of the North Gwillimbury Forest, known as the Maple Lake Estates lands, was...
Perchin for MS raises $21,000 in its final year
By: Mike Anderson
One of Georgina's local heroes is
calling it a day. After a decade of organizing Perchin for MS, one of Lake
Simcoe's premier ice...
Environmental lobby group targets MPP Caroline Mulroney
By: Mike Anderson
Like a
modern-day Don Quixote, Jack Gibbons is tilting at windmills. But the windmills are not imaginary
giants. They are local politicians.
Mr.
Gibbons is...
Electric car sales climb in wake of new $5,000 federal rebate program
OTTAWA — Canada’s new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in...
