News from the Holland Marsh and the HMGA
Holland Marsh Soupfest! - The Bradford Times, October 20, 2011
Everyone was happily in the soup and having fun at the annual Soupfest - The King Township Sentinel, Octover 19, 2011
Forget Orange, Doc: Antioxidant-Rich Purple Carrots Hit The Big Time - The Globel and Mail, October 4, 2011
All about onions - Canoe.ca, August 31, 2011
Toronto Plan Big Win For Farmers Holland Marsh Growers Pleased With Council Decision - Simcoe.com, July 21, 2011
Canyon Creek-local Harvest 'Spanish Vs Cooking' - YouTube, July 12, 2011
Marsh fertile for sprouts growth - Simcoe.com, July 7, 2011
Salad days are here - Toronto Sun, June 28, 2011
Shift good for Bradford produce growers - Simcoe.com, June 23, 2011
Harvest program in full swing - Yorkregion.com, June 22, 2011
Bad taste in "Dragon's" mouth worth $75,000 - BetterFarming.com, June 22, 2011
Channeling fresh food to feed the people of Ontario - Insidetoronto.com, June 2, 2011
City mystified as foul smell returns to Toronto - thestar.com, May 11, 2011
Letter from HMGA: Municipal election results signal change - Simcoe.com, November 4, 2010
The best storytellers win media coverage - The Grower, November 2010
Potato leek soup dazzles crowd - Orillia Packet & Times, October 30, 2010
Everyone was in the soup and having fun at Soupfest - King Township Sentinel - October 27, 2010
Just Souper! - Bradford West Gwillimbury Times, October 25, 2010
And the 2010 Soup is... winners are! - HollandMarshSoupfest.com, October 20, 2010
Jason Verkaik and Marlene MacPherson talk about Soupfest - daytime, October 10, 2010
John McCallum and Avia Eek talk about Soupfest - daytime, October 9, 2010
Action being taken to market Ontario farmers - Caledon Enterprise, October 19, 2010
Peaker plant fight gains supporter - Aware Simcoe, October 18, 2010
Help Ontario Greens Protect Greenbelt Land - Jerry blogger, October 14, 2010
Power plant saga hardly energizing - Barrie Examiner, October 13, 2010
Peaker plan foes see some hope as Oakville plant gets cancelled - King Township Sentinel, October 13, 2010
A lesson in lobby power - Hamilton Spectator, October 12, 2010
York's peaker plant critics buoyed by Oakville decision - YorkRegion.com, October 8, 2010
At Home in the Holland Marsh - Carla Balabanowicz, October 8, 2010
More scrutiny needed for large natural gas plants - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, September 22, 2010
Peaker plant foes are now working to expedite action - King Township Sentinel, September 22, 2010
Holland Marsh power plant under fire - Toronto Star, September 18, 2010
Celebrating progress in the Holland Marsh - Bradford West Gwillimbury Times, August 26, 2010
Government approves waving Planning Act for peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, August 4, 2010
Province short-circuited process, critic says - Toronto SUN, July 29, 2010
Coalition sues Ontario over gas-fueled power plant near marsh - Digital Journal, July 24, 2010
Province sued over gas-fired power plant plan in King - Toronto Star, July 23, 2010
Battle not NIMBYism: Green leader - YorkRegion.com, July 22, 2010
Avia Eek to seek Ward 6 seat on council - King Township Sentinel, July 21, 2010
Farmers really digging heat wave - Barrie Examiner, July 9, 2010
Council looking at ways to prevent another peaker plant in King - King Township Sentinel, June 7, 2010
Farmers defend way of life with Facebook, Twitter - USA Today, July 6, 2010
Eat fesh, eat local at the Market! - Bradford West Gwillimbury Times, June 18, 2010
Ontario growers hope warm days lead to hot market - The Packer, June 17, 2010
King letting indignation show over peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, June 16, 2010
Tossing the power plant out of the salad bowl - Eating Niagara, June 9, 2010
Ontario Government deals a blow to local food - Toronto Women's Health Examiner, June 7, 2010
Too bad the truth is never told... - Julia Munro, MPP York-Simcoe, Queen's Park, June 3, 2010
McGuinty desperately pushing through Greenbelt power plant - Wind Concerns Ontario, June 3, 2010
Pillaging the greenbelt? - North Gower Wind Action Group's Blog, June 3, 2010
Province pushing through Greenbelt power plant - Globe & Mail, June 3, 2010
Township angry Planning Act waved in aid of peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, June 2, 2010
Ontario's Salad Bowl - at a Cineplax near you! - Food & Farming Canada, May 22, 2010
New program offers weekly fresh produce - Simcoe.com, May 21, 2010
Iggy fails taste test - Liberals new food policy breaks ground but is low on basics - NOW Magazine, May 20, 2010
Finally, a national food policy proposal for Canada - National Post, May 15, 2010
What’s wrong with this picture? - Food & Farming Canada, May 12, 2010
Liberal food policy will go far, Michael Ignatieff - Toronto Star, Letters, May 5, 2010
Good ideas, little sustenance, in Liberal food policy - Toronto Star, May 3, 2010
"It’s own little world" - John Greig's view from Hawthorn Hollow, May 1, 2010
Food policy may give what we eat a shorter commute - Globe & Mail, April 27, 2010
Ignatieff commits to Canada’s first National Food Policy - King Township Sentinel, April 28, 2010
Ignatieff vows more Canadian food on our tables if he was prime minister - Canadian Press (CP), April 26, 2010
Liberals promise national food policy - CBC News, April 26, 2010
Ignatieff vows more Canadian food on tables if he was PM - CTV News, April 26, 2010
Liberals want a new food policy - Macleans, April 26, 2010
Ignatieff cooks up national food policy - Toronto Sun, April 26, 2010
Michael Ignatieff pushes Eat Canadian plan - Toronto Star, April 26, 2010
Liberals pitch food plan - YorkRegion.com, April 26, 2010
New TV show focuses on The Fresh Life in the Holland Marsh - Bradford West Gwillimbury Times, April 9, 2010
Holland Marsh farmers oppose power plant - Toronto Star, April 7, 2010
OMB hearing into peaker plant is resuming this week in King City - King Township Sentinel, April 7, 2010
Greenbelt community up in arms over gas-fired power plant - Globe and Mail, April 6, 2010
Beginning of the end - Eating Niagara, April 5, 2010
Vegetable farmer seizes the moment - FarmCentre.com, March 1, 2010
Peaker plant battle rages on; King joins protest against power generator - YorkRegion.com, March 3, 2010
Holland Marsh worth $169M annually - YorkRegion.com, March 4, 2010, Economic study shows Marsh's hefty impact - Better Farming, February 10, 2010, Agricultural impact study digs up new stats on the Holland Marsh - The Grower, February 2, 2010
Power plant perspective - Toronto Star, January 27, 2010
King bylaw could delay plans to build energy plan - yorkregion.com, January 21, 2010
Council passes interim control on peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, January 20, 2010
King Township tries to derail power plant - Toronto Star, January 20, 2010
Interim control bylaw could stop peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, January 13, 2010
LSRCA to check if peaker plant complies with Provincial Policy Statement - King Township Sentinel, January 13, 2010
Democracy lives in King Township - Farms.com, January 12, 2010
Holland Marsh pumps millions into economy - Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic, December 31, 2009
Peaker Plant issue won't go away in 2010 - YorkRegion.com, December 30, 2009
Bradford Farmers’ Market back for 2010 - Bradford West Gwillimbury Times, December 17, 2009
CCKT pleased to see Green party fighting the peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, December 16, 2009
Revisit the Simcoe plan - Toronto Star, December 13, 200
Planner slams Simcoe sprawl - Toronto Star, December 12, 2009
BWG claims it’s owed $18M in dump compensation - StopDumpSite41.ca, December 9, 2009
Loblaw chief paints stark picture of future of food - Guelph Mercury, December 8, 2009
Power struggle in the Marsh - Toronto Sun, December 4, 2009
Green Party leader joins local farmers opposing location - YorkRegion.com, December 4, 2009
Green Party of Ontario Defending Holland Marsh Farmers - Rogers First Local News - December 4, 2009
Foraging for foodies: Firms act as go-betweens, collecting products from farmers and food artisans to bring to local chefs - Toronto Star, November 25, 2009
Ontario farmers work to integrate ethnic produce alongside traditional Canadian crops - Toronto Ethnic Restaurant Examiner, November 16, 2009
Local fare reigns at the Royal - Toronto Star, November 11, 2009
Avia Eek, Jason Verkaik and Soup-a-licious - CBC Metro Morning, October 23, 2009 (mpg)
Holland Marsh Soup-a-Licious - Ansnorveldt Park, Newmarket, Ontario, October 23-25 [Advancer] [Main Street Musings] [YorkRegion.com] [Bradford West Gwillimbury Times] [King Township Sentinel]
Holland Marsh madness - The Globe and Mail, October 10, 2009
Food from the Holland Marsh - Globe Docs, theglobeandmail.com, October 9, 2009
Jamie Reaume: Putting Holland Marsh on the map - Yorkregion.com, October 6, 2009
Lament for my local - NOW Magazine, August 20, 2009
Carrots in all colours of the rainbow - Toronto Star, July 15, 2009
Pesticide residues found in organic food - Farmers Guardian, July 13, 2009
A Promise is a Promise - Rogers First Local, June 5, 2009
Enbridge proposes an alternate route for line - The King Township Sentinel, June 3, 2009
Critics slam province for rezoning farmland - Toronto Star, May 14, 2009
Ont. farmers confident Mexican workers don't pose threat of spreading swine flu - Canadian Press, April 28, 2009 Risk of migrant worker shortage worries farmers more than swine flu - CBC.ca, April 28, 2009 Farmers fear flu impact - Barrie Examiner, April 28, 2009
What is Premiere McGuinty Thinking? - Now Magazine, March 26-April 1, 2009
Green group vows fight over King power plant - Toronto Star, March 20, 2009
Letter: Ontario government, MP bailey need to take up cause to protect lambton generating station - The Observer, February 23, 2009
Protection helps ‘Ontario’s salad bowl’ thrive - Yorkregion.com, February 13, 2009
Tightening Ontario’s greenbelt - Yorkregion.com, February 13, 2009
Opposition expressed to peaker plant on Holland Marsh - King Township Sentinel, February 11, 2009
Marsh growers oppose Ontario Power Authority site selection - King Township Sentinel, January 28, 2009
Compost can create more contented cows - Toronto Star, January 24, 2009
More on the Peaker Plant:
An Open Letter to the Residents of the Holland Marsh from Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada (pdf)
Holland Marsh growers protest energy plant proposal - BetterFarming.com, October 20, 2008
Letter to the Editor: Power plant bad for Holland Marsh - Bradford West Gwillimbury Topic, October 1, 2008
Letter to the Editor: The Marsh is not the place for a peaker plant - King Township Sentinel, September 24, 2008
More on Local Food:
Local food, a demand we can't fill - Aboekhov's Weblog, November 11, 2008
City urged to spend cash on local food - Toronto Star, October 22, 2008
City taking steps toward locally grown food purchasing policy - insideToronto.com, October 22, 2008
Marsh Farms and Farmers:
The Marsh Harvest lies near at hand - Financial Post, October 18, 2008
Letter from the Greenbelt: The lucrative returns of the Holland Marsh - National Post, October 17, 2008
Get on this diet. Reduce your footprint!! - news.sympatico.msn.ca, September 19, 2008
Local food diet possible amid urban sprawl, but Canadians face challenges - yahoolifestyle.com, July 2008
The secret life of salad - Simcoe Life, Fall 2007
Greenbelt can pick up from Holland Marsh (pdf) - Osprey Media, April 2007
How mellow is the Marsh (pdf) - Edible Toronto, Winter 2007
Artichokes: Taking on the competition from California - Better Farming, January 2005
Remembering Hurricane Hazel - Environment Canada, October 15, 2004
The Launch of the HMGA:
Growing for gold - Toronto Sun, August 26, 2008
Salad days at Holland Marsh - tasteTO.com, August 22, 2008
Anatomy of a local salad - yorkregion.com, August 21, 2008
Chef sings the praises of Holland Marsh - thestar.com, August 20, 2008
Lunchbox Revival: Jamie Kennedy's awesome salad - National Post, August 20, 2008
Holland Marsh goes local with Greenbelt funding - Fruit & Vegetable Magazine, August 20, 2008
Holland Marsh 'goes local' with Greenbelt Foundation funding - Canada NewsWire, August 19, 2008
Posts by Avia Eek: Pulling the plug on the Holland Marsh power plant - January 29, 2010, Democracy lives in King Township - January 12, 2010, You Can't Eat Energy - December 19, 2009
