FoodCycles

Dirt Fights Climate Change Guaranteed

shadowphenyx — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:54:02 +0000

The UK’s Soil Association just put out a report 5 days before Copenhagen that farming’s biggest thing is in fighting climate change — putting carbon back into the soil and earth. Organic, chemical free farms have dirt that has 20-28% more carbon (the lego brick of all life) than your burned out non-organic, chemical fried farm. If the whole world turned to organic farming, you could cut greenhouse gas emissions (not to mention air pollution or acid rain) by 11%.

Get the full post and resources at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, climate change, Compost, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Food Sovereignty, global, Organic Agriculture, Science, Soil Management, Sustainability, Technology, Urban Agriculture, Vermicomposting Tagged: biochar, carbon, climate change, COP15, copenhagen, dirt, greenhouse gas emissions, Soil Management

Growing POWER Everywhere

shadowphenyx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:56:01 +0000

FoodCycles inspiration, Will Allen of Growing Power Inc was featured on CNN in the US. Will founded Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and now shares his knowledge with people from all over the country (and Canadians too, how else do you think FoodCycles got started). Growing Power is the last city farm in Milwaukee with 14 greenhouses, chickens, goats, turkeys and fish. Will Allen has even been invited to the White House by Michelle Obama.

Get the full video and post at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, Aquaponics, Community Development, Compost, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Local Agriculture, Nonprofits, Skill Building, Social Justice, Sustainability, Technology, Training, Urban Agriculture, Urban Gardening, Vermicomposting, Video/Film Tagged: animals, Aquaponics, city farming, food deserts, Food Security, growing power, livestock, Local Food, Michelle Obama, Urban Agriculture, vegetables, White House, Will Allen

FoodCycles Surprise at Terra Madre Day

shadowphenyx — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:03:59 +0000

FoodCycles will be presenting a surprise dinner item at Terra Madre Day! What could it possibly be? If you come on Dec 10 to FoodShare you can certainly find out! Tickets are $10 at the door, kids 12 under are free or call 416.978.8849.

Get the video and full post at FoodCycles.org

Posted in Conferences and Events, Documentaries, Food, Food Sovereignty, Local Agriculture, Slow Food, Toronto, Video/Film Tagged: anniversary, dinner, documentary, FoodShare, Local Food, Ontario, Slow Food, Slow Food International, terre madre day, vandana shiva

Local, Organic Garlic Available

shadowphenyx — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:10 +0000

Local, organic garlic is available from our friend Daniel Hoffman from the Cutting Veg. After all, our garlic won’t be ready until next spring though we’ve got a few Spanish and Italian varieties from Peter Wylie that most people haven’t heard of

Get the full details from FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, Food, Food Retail, Food Sovereignty, Local Agriculture, Organic Agriculture Tagged: Brampton, garlic, global, Local, Organic, The Cutting Veg

7 Points for Fantastic Food and Cities

shadowphenyx — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:20:52 +0000

Dr. Wayne Roberts spoke on food policy and a new vision for cities at Toledo Library in the US. As always his witty humour is always a hit. The photos he uses in the presentation are also quite insightful. Dr. Roberts also proposes hopeful solutions and answers to fixing cities and the food system. If you want the quick written summary you can read it below.

Watch the full video and get the quick written summary at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, Conferences and Events, Environment & Sustainability, Ethics, Fair Trade, Farmers Markets, Food, Food Retail, Food Sovereignty, Green Roofs, Greenhouse, Jobs/Careers, Local Agriculture, Organic Waste Management, Policy/Law, Poverty/Hunger, Rooftop Agriculture, Skill Building, Social Justice, society, Sustainability, Toronto, Training, Urban Agriculture, Urban Design, Urban Gardening, Video/Film, Youth Tagged: careers, cities, colleges, Community Development, community food systems, Community Gardens, development, Direct Trade, economy, Fair Trade, Food, job, policy, public health, standard of living, urban, Wayne Roberts

WE ARE DIRT! BELIEVE IT!

shadowphenyx — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:11:13 +0000

Dirt makes your food. Dirt makes your plants. Dirt changes your weather. People mine dirt to get metals that make your iPhone. Dirt is linked to war, drought and climate change. Without dirt there’d be no life as we know it. So watch the movie, Dirt! Dirt has already won 3 awards and was featured at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival so you can’t go wrong and you’ll learn plenty too.

Watch the video and full post at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in 190, Agriculture, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Soil Management, Sustainability, Video/Film Tagged: Brazilian rainforest, climate change, conflict, dirt, drought, film, Food, land, microbes, microorganisms, movies, Soil, Soil Management, sundance, video, war

Gardening from Second Base

shadowphenyx — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:55:51 +0000

Natalia, a friend of FoodCycles and her sister Marcela are looking for volunteers to help develop a Community Garden Program at a homeless youth shelter in Scarborough (5 minutes from Kennedy subway station). Contact Marcela if you’re interested and read the details below.

See the full details at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Nonprofits, Social Justice, Toronto, Training, Urban Agriculture, Urban Gardening, Volunteers, Youth Tagged: aboriginal, city farming, employment, Food, Gardening, homeless, indigenous, job, native, risk, shelter, Urban Agriculture, vulnerable, Youth

Make Wine, Eat Dirt

shadowphenyx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:37:39 +0000

Gary Vaynerchuk a famous wine critic gives his quick story about dirt — he actually eats it at every wine place he goes too. Australia, France, you name it — it comes with the job description. After all Gary’s got to know the wine’s like the back of his hand including how it was grown.

See the VIDEO and the full post at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, Fermentation, Food, Soil Management, Winemaking Tagged: Australia, calcium, dirt, Gary Vaynerchuk, grapes, Italy, limestone, Soil Management, video, wine, wine making

Fall for Garlic, Surprise Spring

shadowphenyx — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:49:21 +0000

(Photo via Shepherd’s Notebook)

Les amis, you’re all invited to come and plant garlic with the FoodCycles crew Sat Nov 7, starting 10 am to 2 pm – directions are http://bit.ly/1GYyWQ. Please RSVP by Doodle (http://doodle.com/5a9hztg32tmptgdc) or email foodcycles@gmail.com.

Check out the full post with a list of 10 useful and informative garlic resources here at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Conferences and Events, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Health and Wellness, Local Agriculture, News, Organic Agriculture, Toronto, Urban Agriculture, Urban Gardening, Volunteer News Tagged: allicin, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidants, antiviral, blood, cancer, garlic, health benefits, heart disease, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen oxide synthase

FoodCycles for “A” Soil Education

shadowphenyx — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:49:15 +0000

Vince McDermott did a short video on what FoodCycles does! Wow, he got a whole tour down to the “T” – haha, I couldn’t even pull that off.

Get the full video at FoodCycles.org.

Posted in Agriculture, Community Development, Compost, Environment & Sustainability, Food, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, Local Agriculture, Nonprofits, Organic Agriculture, Soil Management, Sustainability, Toronto, Urban Agriculture, Urban Gardening, Video/Film, Youth Tagged: city farm, cycles, Education, Food, Gardening, indoor, market garden, raised beds, sprouts, tours, Urban Agriculture, video, worm composting