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Objective statement

BUY LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD by first educating ourselves, then educating the Fairlawn community and facilitating partnerships with local farmers for weekly delivery of food baskets of seasonal produce to interested consumers in the community, and advocating that grocery stores stock more local foods.

Status

The Local Food Action Team  provided recommendations for working with local food box companies and local markets. We also provided a detailed display at Village Day and at Fairlawn events and coffee hour. We have published information on our web site, included information on Locally-Grown Food in our Green Tips eMails, and continue to advertise and support local organic markets in the Toronto area, in our North Toronto neighbourhood, and in Ontario cottage country. 

Food Boxes

Local Farmer's Markets with LOCAL produce

Many "Farmer's Markets" sell produce that is not actually local, but has been picked up at a central distribution point for imported produce.  Be sure to ask!

NEW AND IN OUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD ...

Eglinton St. George's United Church ~ There will be an array of quality organic foods, produce, meats, cheeses and baked goods. The Market starts June 4th and will run every Wednesday from 3:00 -7:00 pm until the Fall. We be providing access to the freshest, locally produced food in the neighbourhood.

Location: 35 Lytton Boulevard, Toronto, Ontario, M4R 1L2 (at the corner of Lytton and Duplex)

IN THE GTA ...

Local Markets ~ Canada’s first certified Farmers’ Market, featuring real farmers, selling only what they produce. Join close to 40 Ontario farmers selling their best fruits and vegetables: a wide range of vegetables such as: fresh asparagus, greenhouse tomatoes; rhubarb; honey; fresh bread; organic eggs; sweet potatoes; baking; Maple Syrup and Maple products; buffalo; Angus beef and, new this year, mouth-watering smoked beef on a bun.  

Brick Works Farmer's Market

Wychwood Farmer's Market

Woodbine Market at the Woodbine shopping centre at Rexdale and Hwy 27 on Friday afternoons. Map

Other nearby farmer's markets

Markets in Cottage Country

Check out the list of farmer's markets in Ontario ~ especially if you're looking for something while at the cottage this summer:
http://www.farmersmarketsontario.com/Markets.cfm
http://www.greenbeltfresh.ca/map/node

Reduce or avoid Beef

The best way to reduce global warming in our lifetimes is to reduce or eliminate our consumption of animal products.

Meat eaters are responsible for an additional 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide per person over vegetarians every year.

Livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions as measured in carbon dioxide equivalent, reports the FAO. This includes 9 percent of all CO2 emissions, 37 percent of methane, and 65 percent of nitrous oxide. Altogether, that's more than the emissions caused by transportation.

Environment impacts from the beef industry include:

  • cow flatulence
  • deforestation to expand pastures and to create arable land for feed crops
  • energy to produce fertilizers
  • energy to run the slaughterhouses and meat-processing plants
  • energy to pump water
  • and more

source: Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Recipes

On Google, search:  meatless recipes
for some great results
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Last modified: 03/09/10

Fairlawn Avenue United Church
28 Fairlawn Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5M 1S7 
(5 short blocks up from the Yonge/Lawrence subway)  map
Phone: 416 481 6848

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