We are in the process of starting our own Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative Food Buying Group based out of our house. The plan is to try to build a network of buying groups throughout Winnipeg to build a grassroots community of farmers and eaters that would act as a distribution network for locally and sustainably produced food.
Click here to download more information…Info Package 1… Info Package 2
Contact jgriffen (at) hotmail.com for more information about how to get involved.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8uv5eSince our first meeting in October 2006, we have been working closely with the farmers and supporting partners of the Harvest Moon Society Local Food Initiative to develop a collective marketing group to bring locally produced food to the homes of Manitobans. It has been an intense, challenging and highly rewarding two and half years and we have accomplished a great deal. We began moving food from farm to fork in late 2008 and are tweaking and re-ordering our distribution, communication and transportation systems to meet both the needs of the farmers and eaters involved in this initiative. The launch of a website provides an important tool for communicating with the participants in this small scale food network. You can check it out at www.harvestmoonfood.ca. This summer should be an exciting one
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Earlier this week in Manitoba, the Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative launched a new website that will act as a portal between farmers and eaters, facilitating food transactions and information exchange between farm and fork. This exciting new tool will evolve with the organization and in the future will incorporate community building components that will further allow for the exchange of ideas and coordination of this “small scale, sustainable food system”.
The visually appealing main page of the website clearly directs viewers to the key areas of the website: a) Buy Harvest Moon Food; b) Meet your Farmer; c) Get Involved; d) Learn About Our Food
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Posted in Other on 15. Oct, 2008
Clearwater 2008 Summary
By Dave Vasey
August 29, 2008
This year marked the forth return of the University of Manitoba’s Rural Communities and Living Environments course led by Dr. Stephane McLachlan to the Clearwater area. Along with Colin Anderson and Alexis Knispel (with Troy Stozek as the ‘busdriver’), twenty-three students engaged in learning, sharing and community to better understand the anatomy of a small prairie town through a whirlwind ten-day visit.
Through precedence by previous years, students ate an almost exclusive diet of food produced by the community and thus the first priority was to visit the Koslowsky’s garden and harvest meals for themselves. The bounty consisted of tomatoes, zucchini, beans, beats, potatoes, peppers, onions and way too many carrots to eat in a week. Fortunately for the group, the Anglican Church group provided a delicious meal after the garden harvest and further chores were left for another day. (more…)
