Food and Water First

03/01/2024

Seems like insanity until you realize what they're up to.

Remove the blanks: slaynews. com /news /wef-pushes-ban-home-grown-food-fight-climate-change/

11/11/2021

Greenbelt Day of Action (Nov. 13th)

The Ontario government is pushing forward with its plan to build two enormous new highways - the 413 and the Bradford Bypass - through what little green space is left in Southern Ontario, despite huge opposition from local communities. If built, the highways would destroy sections of the Greenbelt, grow Ontario’s carbon emissions, cost billions of dollars, and ultimately make traffic worse.

The provincial government needs to know that the people of Ontario do not want more unnecessary megahighways.
This Saturday, November 13th, communities across the GTA will hold events to tell the government that we want Greenbelt, NOT Asphalt.

http://ca.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/2098/5588345

07/06/2021

Sizzling house prices put the squeeze on farmland in Canada

Canada is the world's second-biggest country but most of its best arable land lies near big cities such as Toronto, where COVID-19 has intensified demand for suburban homes

05/31/2021

Food growers issue urgent plea to preserve Ontario's shrinking farmland base

Urban sprawl is rapidly gobbling up the province's agricultural lands, threatening domestic food security, Ontario's farmers are warning.

12/15/2020

Fighting to protect Ontario's Conservation Authorities (CAs)

The Tories want to update legislation governing conservation authorities. Advocates — and Hamilton city council — say that the changes will make it harder to protect the environment.

11/16/2020

Nelson Aggregate continues to press for Mount Nemo expansion despite 2013 denial. Public comments to Dec-28th (ERO 019-2698)

Nelson Aggregate Co. has applied for a Class A, Category 2 (Quarry Below Water) license to expand its existing quarry by 78.3 hectares.

06/25/2020

Yay DGRP cancelled helping to protect Great Lakes!

Learn about OPG’s proposed innovative Deep Geologic Repository for the safe storage of nuclear waste in Ontario.

04/27/2020

"The food supply chain is breaking"

Tyson Foods (TSN) is warning that "millions of pounds of meat" will disappear from the supply chain as the coronavirus pandemic pushes food processing plants to close, leading to product shortages in grocery stores across the country.

Good reason to visit your local farmers market!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/26/business/tyson-foods-nyt-ad/index.html

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04/15/2020

ON gov't passes regulation to exempt proposals from Environmental Bill of Rights

"Citing the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government recently passed a regulation that temporarily exempts governmental proposals from having to comply with Part II of the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR)."

Richard Lindgren writes that CELA is concerned that exemptions from the Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) during the COVID-19 pandemic go too far and avoid public scrutiny unnecessarily.

04/10/2020

Food goes to waste as retail demand increase

As US food banks handle record demand and grocery stores struggle to keep shelves stocked, farmers are dumping fresh milk and plowing vegetables back into the dirt as the shutdown of the food service industry has scrambled the supply chain.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/us-coronavirus-outbreak-agriculture-food-supply-waste

03/30/2020

Sarah Harmer & friends won a long environmental fight. Now she has to do it again

AO Info: https://awareontario.nfshost.com/AWARE-Ontario/Issues/Aggregate_Nelson%20Mount%20Nemo/Nelson%20Mount%20Nemo.htm

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2020/03/25/sarah-harmer-and-friends-won-a-long-environmental-fight-now-she-has-to-do-it-again.html

Veteran Canadian singer/songwriter has a beautifully crafted new album to promote, but ecological struggles and other endeavours get a generous share ...

03/28/2020

Comment on proposed chgs to ON Reg 244/97 & provincial standards under Aggregate Resources Act (ERO 019-1303) by May 15

Changes are being proposed to Ontario Regulation 244/97 and the Aggregate Resources of Ontario Provincial Standards under the Aggregate Resources Act.