Hospital, an interdisciplinary team of grad students in the Health: Science, Technology and Policy program at Carleton University presented their report reviewing the health benefits…
FROM LOCAL GRAINS, NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS!
From Ag Innovation Ontario, the story of the Spruits, local producers who turn grains into superfoods: …Last year, they grew 26 acres of heritage grains…
GARDEN REHAB ON WHEELS
The Green Team at Toronto Rehab, Bickle Center has teamed up with Greenest City to open their first wheelchair accessible garden! During the spring and…
CHANGING HOSPITAL FOOD
Three interesting Ottawa Citizen articles this week on changes to the food at Ottawa-area hospitals: Ottawa Hospital managers, after eating the food for a week,…
NEW HARVEST HEALTH DATABASE NOW ONLINE!
The Harvest Health database, compiled by the students of Carleton University’s Health: Science, Technology, Policy program, is now online and easily accessible. Thanks to Kyle…
VISUALIZING THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE AND ON-SITE FOOD PRODUCTION
For three years, Project SOIL has used case studies, pilot projects and visioning sessions to investigate the viability of on-site food production at public institutions,…
GROWING GREEN
Developing an Institutional Garden for The Ottawa Hospital Five grad students from the Health: Science, Technology, Policy GGreportsmallinterdisciplinary program at Carleton University have compiled an…
INSPIRING CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE (WITH A NEW VIDEO!)
Since its inception seven years ago, the Therapeutic Garden at Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital in Alexandria, Ontario has been a leader in the field. The…
GOOD NEWS FROM PRISON FARMS
On the heels of the excellent news about the rebirth of Kingston’s prison farms comes another example demonstrating the synergies of combining food production and under-utilized public institutional land: the…