Peterborough as a Community Gardens Leader
Community gardens are becoming more common around urban spaces, providing a variety of benefits. Gardens can be a significant asset to urban environments, as greening these spaces often contributes to …
Farming / Gardening / Agriculture
Is Ontario making the right decisions for farmers?
The urgency to implement Neonicotinoid regulations, which is set to be effective on July 1, stands questioned as latest data shows a significant decrease in mortality rate for in-season bees, …
Third Annual Purple Onion Festival Sees Larger Turnout
The third annual Purple Onion Festival (POF), an all-volunteer initiative hosted by Transition Town Peterborough (TTP), was celebrated on September 22 at Millennium Park. It brought together more than 2,500 …
Volunteer in the Vegetable Gardens
Co-written with Dan Legault Wow, it’s time to do this again. With the school year on our heels we also see the coming of the food harvest at the Trent …
Guerrilla Gardening in Peterborough
When you walk by an underused and neglected park space in Peterborough, look for vegetable gardens and plants that are free to the public. Guerrilla gardening, a socio-ecological initiative to …
Bhutan’s Organic Approach to Life
Bhutan, a small country bordering India and China, has decided to go completely organic in terms of farming. The country recently banned pesticides and herbicides and is using animal and …
Green Housing Trent University
A student driven movement to build new greenhouses on Symons Campus has been gaining significant momentum within the university community over the past several weeks. The Facebook group for “Greenhousing …