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Learning to Grow Together Towards a Regenerative Food System

Collier Street United Church Barrie 112 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Jacob Kearey-Moreland is a local farmer-educator in Orillia, who is passionate about regenerative food systems, growing community and sharing seeds. Jacob is completing his Masters of Education through Lakehead University and is researching garden-based learning and how to better support educators to sustain and scale gardening programs. Jacob’s article “The People’s Gardener” appeared in Now magazine Toronto.

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How I killed the Electric Car in Barrie, Ontario

Collier Street United Church Barrie 112 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Learn how Georgian College educator and researcher Scott McCrindle and his family embraced the challenges - the lows and the highs - of fully electric driving in Central Ontario. From hockey rinks to rickety public charges to walking home on a cold, dark winter night, McCrindle shares his lessons, his struggles and his wins, big […]

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Tackling the Avoidable Food Waste Crisis in Canada

Collier Street United Church Barrie 112 Collier Street, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Join us as we hear from Second Harvest's education and training manager, Krish Thayalan, about the amount of surplus food that goes to waste - and what we can do about it! The average Canadian household spends $1,766 each year on food that doesn't make it to the table, only to the green bin or […]

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