Nov 5 2014 WECCGC Meeting - Focus: School Gardens.

November 5th, 2014

530 PM - 730 PM

Meetings start at 530 pm sharp.

Meeting end at 730 sharp.

NOVEMBER'S meeting is at 

Dr. David Suzuki Public School

Windsor (Riverside Area), Ontario

This Monthly meeting will focus on the Collective's role with supporting School Garden initiatives. 

Come for the participation and discussion.

Bring a snack to share if you want.

Interesting Links

Growing Minds

Kids Gardening

School Gardening Resources

Ontario EcoSchools

Seeds For Change - School Food Garden Program

Growing Chefs School Program

GE Foods & Human Health Tour with Dr. Thierry Vrain and Tony Mitra

GE Foods & Human Health Tour with Dr. Thierry Vrain and Tony Mitra

GE Foods & Human Health Tour 

with 

Dr. Thierry Vrain and Tony Mitra

November 10th, 2014

Caboto Club, Windsor, Ontario

630 PM

"The GE Foods Tour is coming to Windsor and will feature two speakers Dr.Thierry Vrain, a retired genetic scientist, soil biologist, organic farmer and anti-GE foods activist. Tony Mitra is a photojournalist, videographer, blogger and passionate advocate geared for action. They will promote education on the topics of genetically engineered foods,human health and what actions we can take to promote greater awareness and change."

REGISTER HERE: http://www.whoozin.com/XKK-67W-74RJ

About Our History

Our Background

The Windsor & Essex County Community Garden Collective is a network of Community Garden and Urban Agriculture projects in Windsor and Essex County. Most of the community gardens were developed at grass roots level. Two of the gardens were developed by agencies in partnership with the community and received United Way funding to start. Many of our gardens were a direct result of the City of Windsor’s ‘Seed & Feed’ one time program that gave out start up monies for the community gardens to get established. The majority of the community gardens rely on donations of time and labour from the community to continue. These public spaces are managed by teams of dedicated and highly committed members of each community garden. Thousands of pounds of food are shared with the community informally and through food rescue programs. Each community garden can be congratulated for the hard work they put in all year round to maintain, plan, harvest, and share their bounty with children, parents, individuals, community groups and neighbourhoods. The Windsor and Essex County Community Garden Collective is not run by any local organization- but cooperates with many. It is grateful for all those businesses and agencies that partner with the gardens to make this happen. We could not do it without your support. The WECCGC is also grateful for the Ontario Trillium Foundation for supporting the role of a Network Coordinator to assist in the growth of the movement. If you have any questions, please feel free to email the Network Coordinator.