Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 4 Aug 2011, p. 1

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Downtown Stouffvflle Farm. ers Market vendors can now sell anything from Ontario. includ- ing items purchased for male. which does not please some of its customers and venthm When themarketmnedmree yearsagupanofitsvisionwasto provide a “venue for farmers to sen their locally Ontario M with loo‘mflcs or apprmdmately 160 km radius produce; in season and for the community to buy fresh produce and interact with the people who gmw the food they eat." \"I‘m getting sick of answer- ing questions (like) When: do the carrots come from; when: do the potatoes come from'....' said Councillor Richard Banky. who put forward the amendment to the market’s mid-year status report passed by council Duly 19. Mr. Bank-y was also a mem- ber of the now-disbanded marv- ket committee. The rules as of July 19 are: "Efl‘ective immediately locla‘lcrm- duce and products shall i ude All-local rule out at farmers market Mixed reaction to Ontario wide prOduce (Sfi'flifiibune ~ AGRICULTURE BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolanflyrmgjom mtmuon I WMWOFWW lama/51mm LOOK FOR YOUR FALL 8: WINTER LEISURE GUIDE WITH TODAY‘S SUN-TRIBUNE mommtdmmmmmmmowebmmammmamwmswmvmememAmucnmsmrm- vestcdfordKCanadhnFmdgmimBmkfiomfiddsindwrcgimdhisommedbyGahcn FarmsinMnrkham ‘lhc York Region I‘oodgrains Project was started by four church as in 2001. with just 24 acres being animated to help fined the hungry in developing 001mm Today. there are 19 projects on 365 acres of famxland being har vested by all church denomina- tions within the region. Harvest feeds families around world BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolanOyrmg‘ mm “It's probably the hem pmyam we have in Canada. the best for delivermgfmdgodevelopingmm- tries." saJdWhitchurch-Stoufiville's Terry O'Connor, co-otdinator 0f the project. which is part of the Canadian IbodgninsBank. There an: sfx projects within Whhchurch-Stouflville; including (Lalten Farms. at Stoufl'villc Road and Warden Avenue. which has 50 acres being utilized by Bethada Last yeat. Bethesda Lutheran ‘scm about $31.11)!) to the par- ent organization. which when matched by the Canadian lmema- lutheran Church of Unionville. “We really are enlhusias-~ tic about this pmject because it is matched so well with federal money.’ said lame Smith. a mem~ ber of the chumh's congregation and its co-ordinator with York Region ‘ “ InXbIkfleflon. Wheat. soybeans. com. barley and hay are harvest- ed for sale on the open market. "mat money is sent to Canadian Wm which then buys the tionll ncy. [mailed $150.“ in food aid r Lk'veloping countries ' For every 3200 raised. a {mum offiwisfedhrdmeemundu. m mum. {mgr m sun newsman WITH VEEN

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