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2008/2009

Format: 2012-02-23
Format: 2012-02-23

Ecojustice

Planning Grant

Ecojustice is Canada’s leading non-profit organization of lawyers and scientists, with a dedication to the environment and conservation, and a mandate to assess the effectiveness of the Greenbelt Plan with respect to provincial groundwater and wetlands conservation. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$20,000 - June 8, 2009

 

FoodShare Toronto

From Field to Table

With an emphasis on equal access to healthy food, FoodShare Toronto prioritizes healthy eating for children through programs and workshops that emphasize accessible, fresh, local, and healthy foods in schools. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$55,000 - June 8, 2009

 

George Morris Centre

Local Food Distribution Mechanisms in Niagara and Hamilton

As a Canadian not-for-profit independent think tank, the George Morris Centre fosters excellence in the agri-products sector by provoking informed dialogue and providing industry decision makers with analyses of critical issues affecting this sector. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$67,000 - June 8, 2009

 

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority

Greenbelt Farm Stewardship Program

In partnership with the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority encourages environmental stewardship actions among farmers in the Greenbelt. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$1,000,000 - June 8, 2009

 

Local Food Plus

From Rustbelt to Greenbelt

Committed to creating local sustainable food systems, Local Food Plus is stepping in to boost employment in the agricultural sectors of the Greenbelt, as many Ontarians reel from job losses in Ontario’s largest industry, the automotive sector. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$207,500 - June 8, 2009

 
 

The Greenbelt Foundation is

  • Supporting development of action plans for a variety of agricultural areas and commodities

  • Increasing amount of Greenbelt food in food share program 140%

  • Successfully merging social welfare initiatives with environmental concerns

  • Developing a successful culinary tourism platform for Niagara

  • Identifying barriers to opening markets for Greenbelt farmers and proposing solutions

  • Participating strategically in growing the Greenbelt by working with Toronto, Peel, Halton, and Guelph

  • Supporting tourism initiatives including in the Niagara and Caledon areas

  • Supporting the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance to foster strong Greenbelt Plan implementation at the municipal level

  • Hosted the first ever Global Greenbelts Conference in Toronto in March 2011 with speakers and delegates from over nine countries

  • Funding research and analysis on greenbelts around the globe which concluded that Ontario’s Greenbelt is the most robust in the world, with a strong legal and policy framework

  • Supporting the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to protect and restore wetlands

  • Reaching over 75 million by placing 220 permanent highway and regional road signs to ensure Ontarians and visitors know about this valuable protected area

  • Enhancing Farmers’ Markets, increasing sales for farmers in the Greenbelt and beyond

  • Providing grants and support to significantly increase sales at farmers’ markets

  • Supporting the creation of an award-winning Greenbelt granola bar

  • Hosting the successful Tour de Greenbelt to promote Ontario’s Greenbelt as a tourism destination

  • Building a local food economy from developing new markets to enhancing distribution channels

  • Supporting the development of multi-cultural crops and training new Canadian Farmers

  • Creating Greenbeltfresh.ca, the leading electronic marketplace to source local, Greenbelt foods from over 600 producers

  • Bringing thousands of Ontarians out into the Greenbelt each year through grantee activities and the Annual Tour de Greenbelt cycling event

  • Funding policy changes to encourage more local food to be sold in Durham

  • Assisting in designing new policies to protect Lake Simcoe through timely research

  • Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel schools, City of Toronto, City of Markham and others

  • Contributing $2.65 million to Greenbelt farmers to improve their operations (leveraging millions of dollars from federal sources), and to employ the opportunities of the Green Energy Act

  • Supporting interested Greenbelt Farmers to Go Organic

  • Creating a network of Farmer’s Markets to help improve our local food economy

  • Supporting changing the City of Toronto policy to adopt a local food purchasing bylaw for city facilities

  • Supporting the creation of new multi-cultural crops and development of ethnic local food guides in Toronto and York Region

  • Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel, U of T. City of Toronto Facilities and Markham

  • Contributing to greater sales of Greenbelt wines at the LCBO

  • Partnering with Harbourfront Centre to tell the story of Ontario’s Greenbelt to 12 million people via a year-long, outdoor photography exhibit

  • Supporting food policy council in Durham to create food charter

  • Funding the Holland Marsh Growers’ transition from an export, commodity focus to one that serves the local market with value- added products

  • Funding visionary planning processes such as the new Cootes to Escarpment Park Management Plan, and a massive reforestation plan in Rouge Park

  • Bridging farming and hiking interests to acknowledge environmental progress by farmers

  • Convincing Peel school boards to buy Greenbelt food for students

  • Engaging with over 170 million Ontarians directly through our marketing, events and communications activities

  • Engaged Hamilton schools to switch to Greenbelt food for their students

 
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