A Call for Stories: the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Draft Plan
On October 13, Trent University released the Final Draft of the Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan (TLNAP). This Plan has been underway since 2017 and serves to update the …
Trent Vegetable Gardens
Trent Vegetable Gardens: Feeding Peterborough Campus
In the ever-advancing age of ready-made food products, more and more people are wanting to know where all of it actually comes from. Thanks to the Trent Vegetable Gardens (TVG), …
Trent Vegetable Gardens: growing something good
Something good is growing at Trent. Something succulent and delicious. Hidden amongst the crowds of students, orientation week activities, labs and lecture halls are luscious organic gardens bursting with mouth-watering …
Gardening and Spooning at Trent University
It’s your first week on campus and you’re attempting to navigate your way around, searching for a place to begin setting roots. The sights and sounds of ISW week are …
Growing something good in the Trent Veggie Gardens
It’s your first week on the Trent University campus and you are attempting to navigate your way around, searching for a place to begin setting roots. The sights and sounds …
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 …
Stand Up for Food Justice, Eat Free Food
The struggle for food justice in the face of Aramark’s corporate monopoly on campus continues, gaining momentum. You may have seen cardboard signs around campus saying “Boycott Aramark,” “Free Meal,” …
The Legacy that Levy Groups are Left With
We live in an age of austerity, and it is getting worse. Canada ranks seventh of 17 developed countries regarding income inequality and the gender income gap—this is a “C” …
Trent Vegetable Gardens
Over the last 15 years or so, the Trent Vegetable Gardens have come a long way. From green roofs to experimental roof top gardens, Trent has been one of the …