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Jan 25, 2012
FEBRUARY IS FARM MONTH is back!
Our Third Annual Celebration of Homegrown Food in Hamilton

Feb 2 FOOD & FAITH: Organic Food Panel & Film at FRWY Coffee House
Feb 4 FEBRUARY IS FARM MONTH Launch Event @Hamilton Farmers’ Market Community Kitchen
Feb 10 ART CRAWL OPEN HOUSE @Environment Hamilton
Feb 18 HOMEGROWN HOEDOWN @Homegrown Hamilton
Feb 25 HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOOD & FARMING FESTIVALS@Hamilton Farmers’ Market Community Kitchen and Homegrown Hamilton
Feb 25 RURAL ROUTES visits Old 99 Farm
Feb 29 FOOD 'N' FARM DAY & THIRD ANNUAL FARMERS‘ FORUM @ Mac
March 1 LOCAL FOOD & YOUTH DAY (For Parkview students, staff and invited guests only; let us know if you'd like us to visit your school next year!)
Also featuring...
- “Know Your Roots” an Eklectic Kitchen Cooking Demo (Feb 4)
- Hamilton Community Garden Network’s (HCGN) SEEDY SATURDAY (Feb 18)
You'll find detailed listings on this site as well as the Hamilton Eat Local Blog;
you'll find the links on the left and right sides of this page!
Jan 06, 2012
Read all of the latest project and advocacy news!
Click here to read all about EH's 10th Anniversary Celebration and more in the latest issue of our newsletter!

EH staff members celebrate at our 10th Anniversary event.
From L to R: Julia Kollek, Beatrice Ekoko, Juby Lee, Katie Stiel, Lynda Lukasik and Karen Burson.
Jan 02, 2012
Tips for treading lightly in 2012!
It's the start of another year and a good time to reflect on what we're doing and how it impacts on the earth. Take some time to explore ideas for doing more to lessen your impact on the earth. There are some great ideas at these sites:
- Queen of Green - The Suzuki Foundation's Lindsay Coulter provides great advice for green actions
- Smarter Living - A resource on the US-based Natural Resources Defence Council's website
Let us know if you're aware of other websites or blogs with good tips for green change! In the meantime, Happy New Year Hamilton!

Feb 02, 2012
Nourishing Hamilton:Food, Faith and Our City
A Greening Sacred Spaces/Canadian Organic Growers Event
in partnership with Hamilton Eat Local's FEBRUARY IS FARM MONTH
Come out and for a screening of Nourish Peterborough followed by a panel discussion on nurturing the growing organic food movement in Hamilton.
About the film:Nourish Peterborough is a documentary film that follows ten unique community groups from Peterborough who are advocating for food security and sovereignty. These are programs that have a substantial influence on many people's lives, though many of them go overlooked and/or underfunded. Nourish Peterborough provides a platform for these organizations, giving members, participants, volunteers and staff, a louder voice in the community.
Panel discussion: Growing the organic food movement in Hamilton.
About the panelists:
Crystle Numan works with Environment Hamilton's Good Food Box Network and Neighbour to Neighbour's Building Better Futures. She has been involved with community gardening since starting Hill Street Community Garden in 2010.
Loretta Jaunzarins is pastor at Grace Lutheran church. She's experimenting with straw bale gardening on church grounds.
Bill Wilcox's vision is fight poverty in Hamilton. To do so, he wants to expand his program 'Hamilton Victory Gardens" across the city.
Clare Wagner is the Community Garden Program Coordinator, Green Venture.
When: Thursday February 2nd 2012
Where: Free Way Cafe (FRWY) 333 King Street East, Hamilton
Time: Doors open 6.30pm- 9pm (film starts at 7pm)
This event is free of charge. Everyone is welcome!
FRWY's kitchen will be making up a special batch of ORGANIC vegan chili, just $2 bucks a bowl!
Contact Beatrice for more information.bekoko@faith-commongood.net 905 549 0900
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