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Local Food – Use It Or Lose It

Tags: agriculture, LocalFood, politics

If consumers don’t support local food producers we’re not going to have them any more.

That comment comes from Dale Schefter, owner of Schefter Poultry Processing in Huron County. (more…)

Stratford Meeting Discusses Local Food Issues

Tags: agriculture, LocalFood, politics

Local food was the subject of a roundtable hosted by Perth-Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece in Stratford Tuesday.

Held at the Local Community Food Centre, the event was a chance for constituents to express their views on issues related to local food. (more…)

Calling For Team Work

Tags: conservative, election, Essex, liberal, ndp, Ontario, Piruzza, political, politics, province, provincial, vote, windsor

Windsor-West MPP Teresa Piruzza is worried that Ontarians are becoming less engaged in politics, as they continue to hear parties slam one another.

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Health Study Paving The Way

Tags: Essex, federal, government, health, horse, mental, neuropsychology, politics, riding, study, therapeutic, wetra, windsor

The Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association will be the home of a federally funded mental health study.

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Another PC Local Food Act Amendment

Tags: agriculture, government, LocalFood, politics

The Provincial Conservatives are proposing another amendment to the Local Food Act.

This one would move Local Food Week into the summer. (more…)

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