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In early July I couldn’t wait to get started as the new hub coordinator for Riverdale. It’s safe to say  I was itchin’ to get pickin’. Although I’d missed the cherries, serviceberries, and mulberries because of our unusually warm spring, I was still looking forward to the next crop: apricots! I began scouring Riverdale looking [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Pick me!

Not Far From The Tree now has t-shirts for sale! They come in kids, babies, and adult (women’s and men’s) sizes. Aren’t they so adorable? Can you believe you can be so fashionable while supporting a great initiative? Don’t you want one for yourself and for all of your loved ones? They make a great [...]

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Last week, the staff at Not Far From the Tree had the honour of being invited into the home of Joel and Dana, those crafty foodie folks behind the amazing blog Well Preserved. What started last December as a plan to blog once a day for 100 days has continued into a preserving marathon. Since [...]

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When fruit goes wonky.

The Daily Mail recently reported about an oddly-shaped peck of pears coming soon to British markets – pears that are perfectly moulded to resemble the image of Buddha! Unfortunately, they’re not growing in Toronto – at least not yet. By far the most striking part of this story is that the pears are in the [...]

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A wasp invasion, you say?

Recent news reports have all been saying the same thing: Toronto is being invaded by wasps! A mild winter and wet summer are being blamed in part, but the garbage strike has also provided an abundance of food for these creatures. From Not Far From The Tree’s firsthand perspective, it is easily apparent that wasps [...]

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Not Far From The Tree is delighted to welcome a new column for our blog – our first real column! “Millie Says” is written by Millie Lytle BA, ND, C. Ht., a licensed naturopathic doctor and psychotherapist and research practitioner. Until March  2009 she worked at the START Clinic for mood and anxiety disorders where [...]

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FOOD, Inc. shares a pear moment

A girl roams the produce section of a supermarket with her older sister, searching for a tasty snack. After careful deliberation, she chooses a fresh pear. Her sister weighs it to see the cost value per pear. Even though the pears are on sale, the older sister puts the pear back and suggests a candy [...]

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