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on June 20, 2011

PLEASE READ THIS ARTICLE AND HELP STOP THE MEGA QUARRY

http://www.homemakers.com/blog/ecologic/tag/donna-tranquada/
Here's a really informative video with farmers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ZkwK22hqI

What can you do to stop it? Write letters of objection to the province of Ontario. Please demand an Environmental Assessment. Ask others to join you. The deadline is July 11, 2011. You can write to these MPPs to voice your views:
dmcguinty.mpp@liberal.ola.org Premier Dalton McGuinty
sylvia.jones@pc.ola.org Dufferin MPP
jwilkinson.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org John Wilkinson, Minister of the Enviroment
ljeffrey.mpp@liberal.ola.org Linda Jeffrey, Minister of Natural Resources
Here's a link to a recent article from the Orangeville paper that gives some sense of recent developments:
http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-06-02/Front_Page/NDACT_heightens_quarry_siege.html
and here's a website with lots more detail: http://stopthemelancthonquarry.ca/

posted on May 28, 2011

University revolutionizes Winnipeg's food scene

By: SIRI AGRELL
Published: May. 23, 2011
Source: The Globe and Mail

“It was a review that would have shuttered most restaurants. Lukewarm, tough chicken served with soggy potatoes and vegetable mush. A server who coughed onto her own arm as she presented a meal.This grim appraisal of a culinary experience appeared in the Maclean's University Rankings of 2009, panning the food at the University of Winnipeg.

But instead of drowning its sorrows in a tray of powdered mashed potatoes, the school has set about completely overhauling its food-services divisions, firing its catering company, hiring an idealistic young chef who advocates fresh, local ingredients and managing to quickly turn a profit by serving real food. And in the process, they've revolutionized the city's food scene. ....

Before taking on the school's food system, [Ben Kramer] ran a small restaurant, called Dandelion, and said it had been difficult to source local ingredients. Suppliers told him that local food was a passing trend, and that Winnipeg was too small a market to justify bringing in items like sustainable seafood. Marnie Feeleus, of Winnipeg's Fresh Option Organic Delivery, said suppliers now have a reason to bring local produce to the city, and that everyone is benefiting from the university's influence. Local farmers have increased production as a result, she said, and the city's menus have changed drastically.”

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