Is your organization, program or business working towards and/or is interested in building a food-secure Grey Bruce? If yes, the Food Security Action Group wants to connect with you!
The Food Security Action Group (FSAG) seeks to identify sustainable best practices and community-based food security initiatives across Bruce and Grey Counties. In doing so, the FSAG is striving to help increase access to local foods, reduce food waste, and enhance local economic development. The FSAG is one piece of the Poverty Task Force Framework, which is a network of service agencies in Bruce and Grey Counties that work together to create a proactive approach to poverty reduction and eventual elimination in our communities.
The FSAG is working towards creating an inventory of all of the food-related organizations, programs and businesses within Grey Bruce that are and/or are interested in connecting and collaborating with partners within the local food system. By creating more connections between local producers and food businesses and community food organizations, the FSAG is hoping to build food-security in Bruce and Grey Counties. Food gleaning, connecting people in need of quality food that would otherwise go to waste, is an example of an
Again this year our neighbours are Freezin for a Reason. The local Polar Plunge, organized by the Owen Sound Police to raise money for the Torch Run for local Special Olympians, will start at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 19 at Bayshore Community Centre. Be there in good time to enjoy all the fun – it's not like they are going to stay in all day!
This year it won't be a hole cut in the ice - participants will be running in from the shoreline north of the Bayshore. Bob Wallace of 92.3 The Dock will be leading his Dock Ducks in taking the plunge yet again. Like most teams, Bob says they'll be dressed up in crazy costumes, but he is not revealing any details other than...
First there was a random drip, drip, pause, and drip just outside the back door as the growing warmth in the sun melted the snow that still clung to the roof. At the end of the eaves trough spout, a rippled icicle grew as the water ran and then froze in the cold air. A tiny hole in the trough allowed another drip right onto the back step where the cold cement instantly turned the melt to ice, a hazardous sign of spring that I have come to expect.
No birds came to the feeder, which made me go and check. Chickadees and blue jays ate there all winter, but it had been emptied by the recent influx of juncos and sparrows. I refilled it for the migrators who will ...
Our arts editor is no stranger to home invasion. Last week the details of the invasion itself were revealed. In this week's installment we will discuss the consequences.
Our editor, being no coward, waited a mere trifle of time, barely a week, before returning to ...
Toddler & Me Yoga is a fun informal class aimed at introducing yoga to children 1 to 5 years of age. This class incorporates song, movement, breath and relaxation in a fun and playful atmosphere. No yoga experience is required. The next class at Tone Yoga, 900 1st Ave West is March 20 from 11:15 to 12pm
What happens when all of our babies in Tone's Baby & Me Yoga class grow up to be crawling and more mobile? We add another class so that they can keep playing, learning, breathing and moving. Parents and/or caregivers are also given some time to breath, stretch and relax in this class.
If older or younger siblings also want to attend ...
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