Tag: featured
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Municipal Regulatory Toolkit for Agriculture
The Regional Economic Development Branch, North Region Team (NRT) provides support to municipalities involved with the agriculture sector. This support often comes in the form of responding to specific questions about agriculture related economic development opportunities, and frequently about regulatory aspects of the industry. In response to these inquiries, the NRT developed the “Municipal Regulatory…
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Food Entrepreneurship Success in Central Ontario Expands to Provincial Conference
The week of October 25, 2015 was declared Food Entrepreneurship Week in Simcoe County to celebrate those gastronomic entrepreneurs who make a business out of growing, processing, and selling food-related products across the region. To celebrate the declaration (Oct. 26 and 28) Georgian College and community partners welcomed over 200 food entrepreneurs to the Orillia and…
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Local Food Conference Ignite Session (2 of 2)
The second day of the Eastern Ontario Local Foods Conference on November 5th turned out to be just as exciting as the first. An “Ignite” session featured 10 local food presentations on a range of informative topics that included: Bruce Enloe, Two Rivers Food Hub spoke about community collaboration Kim Leadbeater, Northumberland Food Policy Committee described…
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Staff Profile: Vicki Lass
Get to know our staff. We’ll be profiling them here so you can get to know who can help you grow your ideas. What is your role in the Regional Economic Development Branch? I get to spend my work day doing an amazingly diverse set of activities as an Agriculture and Rural Economic Development Advisor…
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A look back at the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference Part 1 of 2
The Cities of Belleville and Quinte West hosted the 5th annual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference, November 4th and 5th in the City of Belleville. The theme for the conference set the tone for an exceptional offering of information, inspiration and local food experiences (Creativity + Collaboration = Action). More than 200 delegates, speakers and mentors…
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Talking to the public about agriculture
Can you explain what you do on your farm to non-farmers? That was the question posed recently by Bernard Tobin at the Real Dirt on Farming Speakers Training session held in Earlton, Ontario. He challenged us to be able to describe what we do in words that anyone can understand. He also said that, farmers…
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Agri-Food Innovations Recognized in South Western Ontario
The Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence recognizes and celebrates the agri-food producers, processors, organizations and rural communities, who through their innovative ideas and projects are helping strengthen our communities, support a sustainable environment, create jobs and boost our economy. The following are regional award recipients from Grey County, Perth County, Simcoe County, Waterloo Region…
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Celebrating Agri-Food Innovation and Growth
Ontario recognizes and celebrates local agri-food innovators whose ideas and projects are strengthening the province’s agri-food sector. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Minister Jeff Leal, honoured local agri-food industry innovators recently for their resourcefulness and leadership that have inspired Ontario’s agricultural sector. The Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence highlights the provinces innovative individuals and organizations…
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E-Learning 2: Volunteer Management – The Importance of volunteering
Volunteering is an integral component of any non-profit and charitable organization. Without volunteers’ dedicating their time and talent, many of these organizations simply would not exist. The ‘Volunteer Management‘ e-learning module is designed to help organizations recruit, organize and develop strong and effective volunteers. This module has of four lessons which cover volunteering and volunteer management:
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Local Food ‘Destination Quinte Region’ Tour a Hit
The recently held 5th annual Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference ‘Destination Quinte Region’ tour was hit with delegates. There were six delicious stops on the tour, highlighting some of the region’s local food diversity and success stories, and providing a closer view of their operations. The first stop included a tour and delicious sampling of…