Come learn about the current state of our agriculture system, food insecurity in Kingston, and organizations that are working to solve these problems. The presentation will be made in the context of ways you can be involved in helping turn Kingston into a food secure city, with a focus on solutions being proposed by a handful of active organizations in Kingston.

When: Saturday February 20th from 12-2:00pm (time for Q&A)
Where: Kingston Sustainability Center, 193 Princess St.

Admission: Free! However, due to limited space, please register by sending an email to workshop@livingcitiescompany.ca For more info click here.
Presented by: Living Cities, Loving Spoonful, Vegetables Unplugged and Urban Agriculture Kingston

Check out the documentary “Mad City Chickens” on Thursday November 19th, 7pm in Ellis Auditorium, 58 University Ave. Suggested donation: $5.

• entrance to the reception where Margaret Atwood will be in attendance
• a signed copy of The Year of the Flood
• a ticket to the evening’s performance
• preferred seating at the performance
• cash bar
• finger foods made from local ingredients based upon recipes and food references found throughout The Year of the Flood

For more info please click here

The Community Harvest Market is hosting a Tomato Tasting and Corn Roast on Sunday August 16th, from 10am-2pm at the Wally Elmer Neighbourhood Centre located at 50 MacCauley (off Weller Avenue on Daly Street).

Join us for fresh local produce, baking, jewellery, music, children’s activities and more!

Regular market runs every Sunday, same place, same time, until October 25th. Don’t miss it.

Wednesday August 12th, 5:30pm at 99 York St.

Hello to new and established volunteers!

Come to a Loving Spoonful Volunteer Planning and Orientation Meeting; Find out what’s going on at Loving Spoonful and how you can help. We will be talking about volunteer opportunities including:

• Scheduled Food Pick up and Distribution
• Farmers Market
• Grow a Row
• Gardening at the ACORN Garden
• Upcoming special events
• and more!

We welcome your ideas and your involvement.

Join us on Tuesdays from 4-8pm each week at the Oak Street Garden (weather permitting) to hang out, share some food, find out what’s going on in other plots and even do some gardening. This is a great chance for volunteers to see what is going on and to find some work to do. For more information please contact ashlie[at]lovingspoonful.org.

See you there!

When: Sunday June 7th, 2009
Where: Oak Street Garden – where Victoria St meets Oak Street
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Grow a Row in collaboration with the Oak St Garden are hosting a celebration of the new growing season! Come and learn more about Grow a Row and community gardening, and help us plant the Acorn Donation Garden – a 500 Sq Ft garden plot designated for growing food for donation to meal programs in Kingston.

Everyone is welcome!

The Community Harvest Working Group Invites you to the Grand Opening of the Community Harvest Market

When: Sunday May 31st, 2009
Where: Wally Elmer Neighbourhood Centre, Corner of Daly and MacCauley Street
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BBQ, Entertainment, Children’s Activities. Free!

For more information, please contact: Tara Kainer at 613-544-4525, ext. 113 or Elaine Radway at 613-542-2949, ext.154 or click here.

The Community Harvest Market will be open every Sunday beginning May 31st until October 25th.

Community Harvest Working Group: Community members and representatives from various community organizations interested in increasing food security for individuals and families living in the Rideau Heights area (defined as Railway to Hwy 401, and Division to Cataraqui River).

Weather permitting, we will be working in the Oak St. Garden Sunday May 3rd from 9am-2pm. Come one come all! Bring gloves (if you are the glove type) sunscreen, rakes and shovels and wheelbarrows if you have ‘em. Bring friends and family. Snacks and water too. Hope to see you there!