Reimagining Community Gardens in the Waterloo Region: A Hand-Up Model
By: Erica Carmount Published: July 29, 2024 A hand up model treats people as needing a hand up, not a hand out, where individuals are …
Pfenning’s Organic Farm and the Circular Economy of Food Waste
By: Erica Carmount May 23, 2024 PDF Version Like many farms in Canada, Pfenning’s Organic Farm in New Hamburg, Ontario, faces unique challenges in sustainability …
Fertile Ground Farm: Ecological Initiative Supports Food Access in Waterloo Region
January 30, 2024 • Erica Carmount Photos by: Angie Koch, Fertile Ground Farm PDF Version Located in St. Agatha, Ontario, Fertile Ground Farm is a …
Growing Resilience: The Hungarian Fairy Garden Movement
By: Erica Carmount Published: December 28, 2023 PDF Version Eva May, a Magyarország (Hungarian) Canadian, Waterloo resident, and food advocate, knows first-hand the interconnected relationship …
Nurturing Connection: Food Producing Program Supports Youth Empowerment in Waterloo Region
By: Erica Carmount Published: November 24, 2023 Photos by: Christine Frim, Smart Waterloo Region Innovation Lab PDF Version In todays industrialized food system, many people, …
Growing Roots and Connection: The Healing Nature of Community Gardens
Lead Author: Emily Woodall Co-Authors: Anna Mahler and Shifra Fern-Weinbren Published: November 24, 2023 Tucked behind the northside of St. Matthews Lutheran Church amongst the …
Making Connections at Seedy Saturdays
When the winter seems like it may just go on forever and the ground is still crusted with ice and snow, it is time to …
Urban Food Forest in the Heart of Uptown Waterloo: Building community and resilience through food
By: Cristy Argueta Published: October 31, 2022 On Saturday, October 22nd, at 99 King Street North, Uptown Waterloo an urban food forest garden was built …
The Highland-Stirling Community Market: connecting people to food
3 min readWritten by Rachael Chong I met Kara Harrison when she was the coordinator of the Highland-Stirling Community Market and she was connecting with …
Continuing the Conversation for Agricultural Protections
6 min readBy Larrissa Jerome On January 17th, the Food System Roundtable held their second panel discussion in partnership with Open Food Network Canada at …