Links, Etc of Interest to the Ottawa Organic Community
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This page contains links to other web pages that may be of interest to Ottawa's organic growing community. Over time we will be adding links to other websites.
GLOUCESTER COMMUNITY GARDENS
A set of shared gardens operated by the Gloucester Allotment Garden Association. When the site opens, make sure to click on the two buttons labelled 'Garden Tips' and 'Links'. The button labelled 'Photo Album' is also of general interest.
Their website is: gaga.ncf.ca
NEW COG-ONTARIO FORUM ON ORGANICS
Sign up for COG-Ontario’s email forum on organics. Send your email request to and you will be added to the group.
BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE STUDY GROUP
A Biodynamic Agriculture Study Group will be forming to read and discuss Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures. These lectures are the foundation of biodynamic agriculture, a growing movement to heal the earth while providing nutritious food for human beings and other species. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month beginning January 17, 2008, at Riverglen Farm. Information: Linnea at (613) 596-0551.
ORGANIC PRODUCERS CLUB
Market gardeners, farmers, and wannabes in the Perth-Lanark area are invited to a new study group formed in December 2008. The Organic Producers Club will be studying various topics including earthworms, soil, compost, crop rotations, biodynamics, seed saving, and whatever is of interest to the group. For schedule and topic information, contact Kristine Swaren at or (613) 278-1226.
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
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Anthony Bourdain is in Brittany, France examining whether or not a happy animal makes for a better tasting animal (2min) here
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The Bovine blog is about rights issues around access to raw milk. It follows the ongoing saga of Michael Schmidt ( Glencolton Farms ) and the community of cowshare members and cow lovers who have come together around this issue of raw milk access. The Bovine blog is here. Read a 'Case for Raw Milk' here.
See a review of Michael Schmidt's presentation at COG Ottawa's Fall Reflections meeting in the Down To Earth Winter 2010 issue here.
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Genetically modified foods are linked to toxic and allergic reactions, sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ studied in lab animals. (See summary in Genetic Roulette.) They are banned by food manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, yet GMOs are present in the vast majority of processed foods in the US. See a worthwhile video (1hr 24m) by expert Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception, and his unsettling information about GM foods here.
The Institute for Responsible Technology's website is here.
Novella Carpenter is the author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Penguin Press 2009). A self-proclaimed “child of back-to-the-land hippies,” she began to cultivate her downtown California home, starting with a few chickens and some bees. Today, to the amazement of her neighbours, Novella is operating a full-scale urban farm. See Novella's Blog here.
See an interview with Novella in the Down To Earth Winter 2010 issue here.
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Jo VanEvery and Matthew Paterson have been gradually increasing the amount of food they produce for several years. When they outgrew their large city garden, they moved to Lanark County and added chickens and pigs to their repertoire. Jo occasionally blogs about their life here.
See an article by Jo in the Winter 2010 issue of Down To Earth here.
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An interview (23 minutes) between Dr. Shiv Chopra, a Health Canada whistleblower, and Dr. Paul Connett, Director of the Fluoride Action Network here. Another Dr. Shiv Chopra interview (50 minutes) on several issues including H1N1 hype and vaccines here. Dr. Shiv Chopra's own website can be found here.
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These Links do not necessarily represent the views of COG-Ottawa or COG-National.
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