Month: August 2021

Gardening Spotlight: Amy Sykes, Volunteer Coordinator at the Acton Community Garden

Amy Sykes was on a walk one day with her friend Chantal Garneau, who works at P.O.W.E.R. (Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources). Garneau mentioned that they were looking to find someone to manage the Acton Community Garden for 2021 after the garden remained dormant during the 2020 season due to COVID-19. At the time, …

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Innovative Agriculture: AquaGrow Farms Spotlight

Agriculture

Over the last couple of weeks, Alex from Halton Environmental Network connected with The Mississauga Food Bank to learn more about their AquaGrow Farms, the first aquaponic food bank in Canada. The following blog is an interview with Emily Connors, the AquaGrow Farms Coordinator, illustrating everything you need to know about aquaponics. What is aquaponics? …

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Gardening Lessons from a Beginner Community Gardener

The Garden Journey

It’s official, I have spent two gardening seasons community gardening with Halton Food (a program of the Halton Environmental Network). I began my community gardening journey in June 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic as a self-proclaimed beginner backyard gardener, and now, two gardening seasons later, I can finally say I am a slightly more experienced …

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