Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Local Food

Eat Local Grey Bruce (ELGB), a not-for-profit cooperative that brings local food to the community is seeking funds and new volunteers to overcome its current financial challenges. Throughout the pandemic, ELGB took care of the health and safety of staff while getting food to community members, safely in their own homes. In fact, it was voted one of the top 100 recovery projects in Canada by Future of Good. Sadly, the board has announced to the community that the organization has...
Farmers in Grey County can now apply to an experimental pilot program that provides funding to try out and track the results of new soil health and carbon recapture practices on a small scale. The Experimental Acres Pilot, launched in Wellington and Dufferin Counties, is expanding to Grey County in 2023 and the program is seeking six farms to participate. The Experimental Acres Pilot aims to backstop any risk of trying a new practice with the goal of identifying...

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