Posted in Field Trip on Jul 7th, 2011
Not Far From The Tree’s Founder & Director Laura Reinsborough was presented with a Vital People Award at Vital Toronto 2011. Presented by the Toronto Community Foundation, the Vital People Awards were established “to support and recognize valued leaders who are making outstanding contributions working at not-for-profit organizations.” Laura has dedicated the funds from this [...]
Posted in Field Trip, Resources on May 16th, 2011
An artificial bee and wasp home helps promote pollinators in the garden. I signed up for an intensive, full-day workshop with landscape architect and specialist in environmental management, Brad Peterson, and his crew in Chatsworth, Ontario. Brad has been establishing his very own young forest garden, and I was there to witness its early stage [...]
Posted in Field Trip on Sep 30th, 2010
(Photo by Reena Newman.) Just outside the city an untouched orchard lay waiting to be plucked. Through a new program launched this July by the Ontario Association of Food Banks, called Community Harvest Ontario, volunteers from a food bank and myself helped fill a truckload of apples. Lieberman’s Chalet and Apple Farm in Eugenia, Ontario [...]
Posted in Events, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Media, Resources on Jul 29th, 2010
Not Far From The Tree is getting pretty excited about participating in the upcoming Foodprint conference this Saturday July 31st. Never heard of the Foodprint Project before…? “Foodprint Toronto is the second in a series of international conversations about food and the city. With the Toronto Board of Health having just formally adopted a new [...]
Posted in Field Trip, Foraged, In Backyards on Jul 11th, 2010
Note: This post comes by way of Supreme Gleaner Lisa Pitman. It was originally posted June 21st, on her beautiful blog Vegan Cookbook Critic. She agreed to cross-post and share her first cherry pick with Not Far From The Tree and our readers. ENJOY! After a busy Saturday full of food, friends and revelry, this [...]
Posted in Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Kitchen, Resources on Apr 2nd, 2010
Kathleen Macintosh has always frozen fresh, sustainable, Ontario fruit. Recently, she’s been freezing enough to provide the masses with local fruit in the dead of winter. Kathleen is the founder of Culinarium,“Toronto’s Locavore Store!”. Culinarium “showcases exceptional Ontario products and the passionate people behind them.” If you haven’t ventured in, you should. It’s a beautiful boutique shop [...]
Posted in Field Trip, In Backyards, We'd Tap That! on Mar 13th, 2010
Norway Maple tree tapping is underway! Last Thursday March 4th, our first official tree was tapped at the home of some very enthusiastic tree owners, and I was lucky enough to tag along. Val and Heather, two of We’d Tap That’s very competent and knowledgeable volunteers coordinated the evening’s tap. Prior to our expedition the [...]
Posted in At the Market, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Mar 1st, 2010
Carole Ferrari, owner of The Bus, has been kind enough to pass along her recipe for the Apple Squares she made at the year end party. I used the recipe this weekend. My apologizes, my squares don’t look as professional as Carole’s but regardless the recipe is delicious! This truly is a tasty treat!! Enjoy! [...]
Posted in At the Market, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Feb 14th, 2010
Not Far From The Tree’s year-end party was the first time I had seen or heard of ‘The Local Café’. When I arrived at the party I mused on the sight of a small school bus parked outside figuring it belonged to a local resident. It wasn’t until I was outside grinding apples for apple [...]
Posted in Field Trip, In Backyards, Resources on Feb 4th, 2010
Last Monday I arrived early for a tour of The Stop’s Green Barn. My tour guide, greenhouse coordinator Lord Abbey, hadn’t come in yet. Another employee greeted me, inviting me to make myself comfortable and wander around. It wasn’t hard to do; The Stop’s space is very inviting. I poked around checking out the books, gazing [...]
