Posted in Community Orchards, Events, In the Media on Oct 2nd, 2011
At our first ever City Cider festival at Spadina Museum, another city-run museum helped make the afternoon as magical as could be. Mackenzie House set up their printing press to show a traditional way of making multiples. They created a special plate for the event, featuring a recipe for cider cake! Mackenzie House and Spadina [...]
Posted in In the Media, Resources on Aug 5th, 2011
Going on a fruit picking expedition is tradition for many families. David Suzuki recently shared his family’s annual cherry picking adventure with insight on land use, development, and our connections to food. For more updates from the David Suzuki Foundation, sign up for their newsletter.
Posted in In the Media on Jul 31st, 2011
The long weekend national edition of the Globe & Mail reports that initiatives like Not Far From The Tree are taking root across the country, and far beyond. Since its inception in 2008, Not Far From The Tree has received over 35 requests from towns and cities the world over to learn how to set [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, In the Media, Resources on Jun 9th, 2011
The West End Food Co-op’s Community Cannery project was featured on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning yesterday. Coordinator Ayal Dinner explained to Matt Galloway that the Community Cannery aims to teach people “the skills to preserve their own food” and have “year round access to local and sustainable food,” not just during the growing season. The [...]
Posted in Foraged, In the Media on May 26th, 2011
Today’s “Ask Torontoist” is all about where to start with urban foraging. The question: “I was wondering where one might forage for wild food (not dumpster diving) in Toronto. Where could one find more info on foraging and learn where’s safe and what’s available?” The answer: Read it here. What tips, tricks, or stealth strategies [...]
Posted in In the Media, Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on May 11th, 2011
Under the near-blossoms of the apple trees at Spadina Museum, I met with Mark Bittman from the New York Times yesterday. He was in town to check out how Toronto is a hotbed of urban agriculture and food security activity. We were lucky to be included as one of the three projects that he visited. [...]
Posted in In Backyards, In the Media on Feb 24th, 2011
Photo by Suzanne Long. An article in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph shouts the headline, “Mulberry trees to be felled as fruit ‘stains pavement.’” It goes on to explain that local London councillors are pushing for two mature 70ft mulberry trees to be cut down for fear of the fruit staining the newly paved surface underneath. It’s [...]
Posted in Awards, In the Media on Jan 31st, 2011
It is with great pleasure that we announce that the Toronto Community Foundation has selected Not Far From The Tree’s Founder and Director, Laura Reinsborough, to join the ranks of their Vital People. As the grant states, “The vitality and well-being of our city depends on individuals who take initiative, make a contribution, and demonstrate [...]
Posted in Foraged, In Backyards, In the Media on Jan 17th, 2011
An excellent collection of stories about food waste was recently featured in The Toronto Star. Among articles about the social, economic, and environmental aspects of food waste, one article presents “creative solutions to handle food waste,” with Not Far From The Tree as an example of just that. The article begins, “If you want to [...]
Posted in In the Media on Dec 24th, 2010
It was my pleasure to be interviewed on a new web TV show called Extraordinary Women. Host Shannon Skinner started the show this past September and has since interviewed a cast of incredible – indeed, extraordinary – women with wide-ranging talents and interests. And she interviewed me, too! The live web show was recorded so [...]
