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Grants Made

Niagara Escarpment Foundation

Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment

Designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 1990, the Niagara Escarpment is one of the “gems” of the Greenbelt, the pride of the region and a natural feature worth preserving and enhancing. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$25,000 - July 23, 2008

 

Guelph Organic Conference

Silver Sponsorship

The conference promotes organic agriculture and viniculture in Ontario, including the Greenbelt. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$1,750 - June 26, 2008

 

Kawartha Heritage Conservancy

A Farming Future for the Eastern Greenbelt

Devoted to conserving the natural and cultural heritage of the Kawartha bioregion, the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy helps link new farmers with land from established or unused farms. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$84,000 - June 25, 2008

 

Environmental Defence

Strengthening the Greenbelt Project

The project continues the work of the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance and Municipal Leaders for the Greenbelt to protect and strengthen the Greenbelt by garnering provincial and municipal support, Continue reading

Grants Made:

$750,000 - June 25, 2008

 

Country Heritage Experience Inc.

Master Development Plan for Country Heritage Park

Country Heritage Park is an interactive heritage park in Milton, depicting the Ontario Greenbelt’s vibrant agriculture and rural life over the last 150 years in Ontario. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$25,000 - June 23, 2008

 

Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association

Flavours of the Biosphere – Niagara Escarpment

The Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association (CBRA) produces high-definition television programs and interactive website to promote awareness and exploration of the Niagara Escarpment – a World Biosphere Reserve in Ontario’s Greenbelt. The ‘Webisodes’ are streamed online in varying lengths, enabling viewers to choose between watching segments on culinary and agricultural life, travel, or other and healthy recreational opportunities in the Niagara Greenbelt region. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$150,000 - June 23, 2008

 

Holland Marsh Growers' Association

Holland Marsh Greenbelt Sustainability Program

Though the Holland Marsh is already an extraordinarily productive region of Ontario farmland, farmers there are ushering in a new era of agricultural sensitivity, doing their part to become more environmentally sustainable and finding new markets for their products. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$400,000 - June 23, 2008

 

University of Toronto

First Fruits of Spring Launch

First Fruits of Spring is a strawberry extravaganza in Toronto that features 25 restaurants and over 20 strawberry producers from around the Greenbelt and beyond. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$6,600 - May 28, 2008

 

Ottawa Street Farmers' Market

Ottawa Street Farmers' Market

Proudly operating in the city of Hamilton for over 50 years, the Ottawa Street Farmers’ Market has been renewed and relocated, and is ready to provide customers with locally grown and competitively priced produce, year-round. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$15,000 - April 18, 2008

 

Wabash Building Society

Sorauren Farmers’ Market

A new farmers’ market at Sorauren Park in Toronto’s Roncesvalles and Parkdale neighbourhoods draws Greenbelt farmers to market and showcases locally-grown ethno-cultural crops to residents of this diverse community. Continue reading

Grants Made:

$10,000 - April 18, 2008