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2009/2010

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

Waterfront Regeneration Trust

Greenbelt Express-Bike Train 2010

The “2010 Greenbelt Express” project promotes the Greenbelt as an attractive destination for cycling tourism, with a sustainable transportation option for travel between Toronto and Niagara by train. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$40,000 - February 8, 2010

 

Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance

Greenbelt Fresh Online Marketplace Launch

The Greenbeltfresh Online Marketplace, a Foundation-led initiative, is a cornerstone of our efforts to support the local food economy. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$10,000 - February 5, 2010

 

Conserver Society of Hamilton

Eat Local Map 2010

The “Eat Local Map” project is a collaboration between Environment Hamilton and the City of Hamilton to increase urban residents’ access to local food. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$8,500 - February 4, 2010

 

Canadian Urban Institute

Greenbelt 5th Anniversary Panel

As part of the Greenbelt’s 5th anniversary, the Canadian Urban Institute, a not for profit organization dedicated to creating a world of thriving, sustainable, harmonious and engaged urban regions, planned and organized a panel discussion with key players and Greenbelt stakeholders on March 1, 2010 at Hart House, University of Toronto. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$5,000 - December 22, 2009

 

David Suzuki Foundation

Promoting the Value of Ontario's Greenbelt Natural Capital

"Promoting the Value of Ontario's Greenbelt Natural Capital" builds on the David Suzuki Foundation's (DSF) 2008 report that valued the Greenbelt’s ecological goods and services, or natural capital, at $2.6 billion in annual services such as climate mitigation, flood control, and water and air filtration. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$100,000 - December 14, 2009

 
 

The Greenbelt Foundation is

  • Supporting interested Greenbelt Farmers to Go Organic

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Supporting food policy council in Durham to create food charter

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

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

  • Supporting tourism initiatives including in the Niagara and Caledon areas

  • Contributing to greater sales of Greenbelt wines at the LCBO

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Convincing Peel school boards to buy Greenbelt food for students

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Developing a successful culinary tourism platform for Niagara

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

  • Successfully merging social welfare initiatives with environmental concerns

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

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

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

 
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