If you live in Ontario, summer comes and goes in the blink of an eye. It seems like just yesterday we were sharing advice on how to plant carrots and peas, now here we are sharing our list of things to do before the cold winter sets in. Many of the items on the list may seem arduous and boring, …
The following article is by guest contributor Linda Crago, owner of Tree and Twig Heirloom Vegetable Farm. Linda has been growing organic heirloom vegetables for over 20 years. She specializes in tomatoes, selling over 100 different varieties each spring to tomato lovers across the region. It’s not over! What a year it has been in …
Food waste is a prevalent and important issue in Canada and across the globe. Recently Halton Environmental Network partnered with Value Chain Management International, in a revolutionary new study: Make Every Bite Count. The goal of the study was to understand the carbon ‘foodprint’ of household waste in Oakville and use that information to guide future programming to reduce our environmental impacts. …
I attended a canoe garden installation in Burlington held by Halton Environmental Network, Reach Out Center For Kids (ROCK) and Arthouse Halton. If you’re wondering what exactly a canoe garden is, it’s just like it sounds, a garden planted in a canoe. The point of a canoe garden is to fill it with native plant species that have co-evolved with our native pollinators for thousands of years. These plants will create a habitat specific to our local pollinators and animals. As …
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