[getsmart-l] Fw: CUI Roundtable Breakfast Series: Sep. 27 - Supporting the Market for Local Food

[John O'Gorman]

CUI - Roundtable Breakfast Seminar
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                              Please join us for a stimulating discussion at our Season Opener Roundtable Breakfast Session:

                             
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                              Supporting the Market for Local Food – 
                              Can Consumers Make a Difference? 
                             Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007
                              07:45 - 9:45 a.m . 
                              Metro Hall, Room 308/309
                              55 John St., Toronto ON 
                             

                       
                              Introduction by Councillor Shelley Carroll , Co-Chair, Toronto Food Policy Council 
                              Gail Gordon Oliver, Publisher and Editor, Edible Toronto Magazine
                              David Cohlmeyer, owner of Cookstown Greens, former chef, restaurateur and food columnist for the Globe and Mail
                              Sapphire Singh, Community Garden & Power Shift Program, Green Venture, Hamilton 
                             
                              Even though we are increasingly dependent on imports, interest in local food is growing. But what is the definition of "local"? In ancient times, the geographic reach of a city's market area was measured by the distance that could be traveled on horseback in a single day. Today, it is not uncommon for farmers delivering produce to the Ontario Food Terminal to drive from anywhere in the Golden Horseshoe. Edible Toronto is a new magazine that aims to connect consumers with local growers and producers, and others in the food supply chain. Join our panel to find out how entrepreneurs are responding to the challenge of meeting the demand for local food. Will this improve the farmer's bottom line? What would it take to transform the marketplace to make it financially feasible for food producers to choose to supply local food? Participants will also be able to sample the new magazine. 

                             
                       
                       
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