Gardening Festival - TOMORROW

Just a reminder... Sudbury's Annual Gardening Festival is being held tomorrow, Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Market Square from 9:30am-4:00pm.

The Gardening Festival will feature products and services for Northern Ontario gardeners, as well as speakers on a variety of horticultural topics. A special feature of the event will be the Sudbury Horticultural Society’s Spring Garden Show. Sudbury Master Gardeners will offer free gardening advice at their Q & A Booth.

For more information, please visit http://www.sudburygardeningfestival.ca/

Myths and Mirrors Partners with Village International Sudbury

Exciting event! Check it out...

The Social Planning Council of Sudbury's AGM

The Social Planning Council of Sudbury is hosting their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 from 5:30pm-8:00pm.

Trish Hennessy, Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, will speak as the keynote for the event.

To purchase tickets or for more information, please call 705-675-3894.

The Right to Food

The United Nations envoy on the right to food says many Canadians are simply to poor to eat decently. Amanda LeClair from the Good Food Box program agrees. Check out her interview with Markus Schwabe of CBC's Morning North.

http://www.cbc.ca/morningnorth/past-episodes/2012/05/17/the-right-to-food/

Good Food Box News

Just a quick note to let you know that Victoria Giannotta has been hired to replace Amanda LeClair as the Good Food Box Coordinator. Victoria will train with Amanda until the end of the month when Amanda leaves on maternity leave. To reach Victoria, please email her at goodfoodbox@spcsudbury.ca

If you are not familiar with the Good Food Box, the program functions as a wholesale buying club. Each month, patrons pre-pay $15 (and coming soon, the new $7 smaller box) for a box of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Good Food Box Co-ordinator uses these deposits to order a large amount of food from wholesalers. This food is delivered to Christ the King Church two weeks after your deposit is placed, where volunteers seperate the variety of fruits and vegetables into individual boxes.

For more information on the Good Food Box, please check out their new video http://vimeo.com/42152325

Seedling Sale

You are invited to attend the 1st Annual SARTS/OAK Greenhouse Sale on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 11:00am-1:00pm. The event is taking place at the Greenhouse at the Kirkwood Site (680 Kirkwood Drive) and will feature tomato and pepper seedlings as well as dill, marigolds and coleus.

For more information, please contact Tammy Armstrong at tamara.armstrong@nbrhc.on.ca

SFCN Meeting Notice

Please save the date for our first official sit down meeting of the year on Monday, June 4th from 6:30pm-9:00pm in the ERC meeting room (located in the same building as Re-Think Green and Eat Local Sudbury).

If there is anything you would like to see added to the agenda, please let Tammy know.

Refreshments will be provided.

Now that's a Seedling Swap!

What a fantastic day! Special thanks to everyone who came out to our very first seedling swap. We had Asparagus, Broccoli, different varieties of basil, 10+ varieties of Tomato, Peppers, tarragon, acorn squash, watermelon, dill, marigolds, horseradish, mint, strawberries, self seeding lettuce and onions, among others. Hopefully we will see an even larger variety next year.

Special thanks to Amanda LeClair for all of her efforts in bringing to life our very first seedling swap and to Tammy Armstrong from the Kirkwood site at the hospital for bringing 100+ seedlings.

So fantastic....

50 Ways to Close a Food Bank

Check out "50 Ways to Close a Food Bank", a community video project from folks here in Sudbury.

http://www.freedom90.ca/50ways/50ways.html

Eat Local Sudbury Launches New Website!

Are you excited about local food, the environment and agriculture? Do you want to know more or be more active in the food industry in Northern Ontario?

Check out Eat Local Sudbury's fantastic and vibrant new website and learn how you can become more involved.

http://www.eatlocalsudbury.com/

ECOTOUR OF SUSTAINABLE SUDBURY

Saturday, May 12, 2012 10:00am-4:00pm Brought to you by reThink Green and the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury Are you interested in learning more about environmental initiatives happening across Sudbury and visiting and experiencing sustainable eco-sites first hand? Then reThink Green’s Sustainable Sudbury Ecotour is something you do not want to miss!

Gardening Resources

Doreen Ojala from the Grow A Row program has put together a really great collection of videos on gardening and all things related. Be sure to check them out...

http://www.foodshedproject.ca/videos.htm

For more information on the Grow A Row program, please visit http://www.foodshedproject.ca/

Eat Local Sudbury Membership Drive

Eat Local Sudbury is planning a massive membership drive extravaganza for Saturday, May 26th from 11:00am-2:00 pm. Sign up and enjoy a delicious lunch!

From 11:00am-12:00pm, Peggy Baillie (Eat Local's new Director) will  host a talk on cooking with different meat cuts. From 12:00-2:00 in the ERC at 176 Larch, individuals can sign up for a membership AND enjoy a delicious lunch cooked by Jean Hunneault from Co-op Boreal!
Additional information will posted when it comes available. Be sure to watch for it.

It's Earth Month in Sudbury!

What are you doing to celebrate Mother Earth this month?

For a complete listing of events, please visit  http://www.earthdaysudbury.ca/

Rain Barrel Sale

The City of Greater Sudbury is hosting their annual Rain Barrel Sale on Saturday, April 28th from 8:00am-5:00pm (or when barrels are sold out). The sale is taking place in the Bell Park parking lot (10 York Street) and barrels are $45/each, cash only. There is no household limit; however, proof of residency is required. Barrels will be distrubuted on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information, please visit http://www.rainbarrel.ca/ or call 905-545-5577

The Poverty Game

Do you know the inside story of poverty? Who is "poor"? Have you ever been there yourself? Poverty is definitely not a game... it is reality!

Join us and find out what it feels like to walk a few hours in someone else's shoes.

The Poverty Game is designed to give participants an idea of the experience of living on social assistance through the situations that arise on a daily basis. Details on when the game will be played are as follows:

Date: Saturday, May 5th
Location: St. Andrew's United Church, 111 Larch Street
Time: 1:00pm-4:30pm
Cost: $10.00/person

Space is limited so please register early. Registration deadline is April 27, 2012.

For more information or to register, please contact Judith at 705-674-3630 or jtraulsen@persona.ca

Uptown CAN Guerrilla Gardening Event

The Uptown Community Action Network is looking for individuals to participate in their Guerrilla Gardening Event on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 6:30pm.  The group will be meeting on the grass knoll near The Sudbury Star.

 

For more information and/or to confirm your attendance and what supplies you can bring, please email UptownCANSudbury@gmail.com

Healthy Eating on a Budget Workshop

On April 24th and May 1st from 4:30pm-6:30pm the Good Food Box will be hosting “Eating Healthy on a Budget” cooking seminars at the Salvation Army Kitchen on Notre Dame Avenue. In these seminars participants will discuss healthy eating while preparing a meal together AND get to take the leftovers home! All the food will be provided at the seminar and there is no cost to register.

Registration is very limited, so if you are interested in joining call Amanda LeClair, Community Food Educator/Good Food Box Coordinator at 705-675-3894 or email her at goodfoodbox@spcsudbury.ca for more details.

Grow A Row YouTube Videos

Interested in learning how to grow peas, beans, carrots, onions or salad greens for the Grow A Row program? Learn more by visiting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE64Ec5ySLQ

50 Ways to Close the Food Banks

Would you like to see Food Banks become obsolete? Concerned about what was supposed to be an emergency go on for over 20 years? Want to have some fun? Come out to be part of a Community Video Shoot. We will be singing “50 ways to Close the Food Bank” (apologies to Paul Simon). No experience necessary!  We will be practicing there and will have some professional help.

Date:  Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Time:  2:00PM – 5:00PM

Location:  Victory Playground (in the City of Greater Sudbury Recreation Building with the colourful murals on it at the corner of Frood Road and Shevchenko Ave).

The Social Planning Council of Sudbury Presents the 12th Annual Stone Soup Luncheon

The event will take place at the Steelworker's Hall, which is located on Brady Street on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 12:00pm-1:00pm

Tickets are $25 per person and tables can be reserved.

100% of proceeds raised benefit the Community Emergency Fund.

Sudbury's OWN Seedling Swap

On Saturday, May 12th 2012, there will be a seedling swap at the Ste Anne Community Garden from 12:30am-3:30pm. When you are starting your seedlings inside, grow a few extra and come out and trade with others who have been coaxing seeds to grow! Vegetables, herbs and edible plants preferred. Leave any seedlings you won't use and we will allow people to purchase them via donation to the Sudbury Food Connections Network (who hosted Seedy Sunday this year!).

Come out and get your green thumb dirty!

AND SHOW US YOUR SEEDLINGS as you are growing them! Post them on the Sudbury Seeding Swap Facebook page. Lets all get excited about gardening together!

http://www.facebook.com/SudburySeedlingSwap

Ste Anne Community Garden News

Garden orientation has been scheduled for members of the Ste Anne Community Garden.
 

Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm

Location: Tom Davies Square

Workshops: TBD

If you are not already involved and would like information on community gardening, please contact Ty at tcumming@spcsudbury.ca

 

 

Job Opportunity - Good Food Box Coordinator

The Social Planning Council of Sudbury is looking for a dynamic individual to assume the role of Community Food Educator / Good Food Box Coordinator.

Earth Month

There is so much going on for Earth Month!

For a complete listing of events, please visit www.earthdaysudbury.ca

Notice of Office Relocation

If you are looking for Ty Cumming, Food Charter Animator and Ste Anne Community Garden Coordinator, her office has relocated. You can now find Ty at the Social Planning Council, which is located at 105-30 Ste Anne Road.

For more information on community gardening, please email Ty at tcumming@spcsudbury.ca or call her at 705-675-3894.

Community Garden Network Meeting

Just a quick note to confirm that our first Community Garden Network meeting of the season will be held on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 5:00pm – 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in C 13A at Tom Davies Square, which is located at 200 Brady Street.

For more information on the Community Garden Network and/or to confirm attendance, please email Ty Cumming at tcumming@spcsudbury.ca

Grow A Row Workshops @ reThinkGreen

Celebrate Earth Month @ reThink Green!

Learn about seed saving and storing, making seed balls, and share your knowledge of the top five donation picks for food banks - peas, beans, carrots, onions, and salad greens!

Workshops will be held at reThink Green (176 Larch Street) on:

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Both workshops will run from 5:30pm-7:00pm

For more information or to rsvp, please email growarowgreatersudbury@gmail.com or visit www.foodshedproject.ca

The Grow A Row Project WANTS YOU!

Help your community this summer by growing extra produce for donation to local food banks.

For more information on how you can become involved with the Grow A Row program, please email growarowgreatersudbury@gmail.com, visit http://www.foodshedproject.ca/ or friend Getta Gardener on Facebook and join the Grow-A-Row Group!

Happy Spring!

It's time again for the bright colours to blossom and the earth to celebrate the return of the season. Have a glorious day folks... and Happy Spring!