Upcoming Events
March 06, 2009
March 09, 2009
March 13, 2009
Kingston & Countryside's Seedy Saturday
SEEDY SATURDAY
The Wilson Room , 2nd Floor
Kingston Frontenac Public Library Central Branch, 130 Johnson St.
Saturday March 14, 2009 10-3 pm
Admission $1.00, children under 12 free
Lunch and refreshments will be available
Calling all new and experienced gardeners, seed savers, farmers, and
folks interested in seed and seed issues, to join us for Seedy
Saturday on March 14th at the Kingston Frontenac Public Library
Central Branch. Share, swap and purchase open-pollinated and heritage
seed varieties. Meet fellow enthusiasts and community groups and get
excited about this years growing season. Presentations by Sarah
Mohan from the Unitarian Service Committee, on “Food, Farmers, and
Climate Chaos: The Seed Map” (12 pm), Robert and Carol Mouck on Seed
Saving (1 pm), and Jennifer Hutson on “How to Read a Seed Catalogue”
(2 pm).
This event is being hosted by the Kingston Heirloom Seed Savers and
sponsored by the Sisters of Providence of St Vincent de Paul and
OPIRG.
Contact: Wolfe Island’s Katherine Rothermel at 613-385-8569
or Cate Henderson at 613-544-4525.
March 14, 2009
March 17, 2009
Wolfe Island Business & Tourism Association Meeting
Just a reminder of the regular monthly meeting
this Tuesday night March 17th.
WI United Church Hall 7 PM
The 2009 fees are now due and remain the same as last year at $50.00
per business, or $20.00 for a community supporter. The business fee
of $50.00 includes your listing in the brochure and on the web
site. Please check your current listings and let us know right away
if you require changes.
You can bring your cheque and changes on Tuesday night or if you
can’t make the meeting they can be mailed to P.O. Box 132.
If you have already paid - thanks
Hope to see you Tuesday night.
March 20, 2009
ARTISAN CHEESE CLUSTER
From Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC) comes the following important announcement:
Our county is currently part of a four-county initiative (Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac) to explore the best ways to stimulate investment in and development of a local artisan cheese cluster. Over the past several weeks, our consultant Kathy Wood has been analysing the value chain for such an industry ––– identifying local assets and resources which could be part of an artisan cheese cluster: from milk and other input suppliers, milk/cheese distributors and people interested in working in artisan cheese to equipment suppliers, financiers, business advisors and retail outlets interested in carrying artisan cheeses made in our area.
If you are interested in any aspect of the development of this cluster and want to be kept informed of its evolution and growth, please let Kathy know: a simple email to kwood@ncronline.ca with a basic explanation of your interest and your coordinates will suffice. If you want to discuss cluster development further, please do not hesitate to call Kathy at 613-376-6006. If you can, please do so by the end of February…. which is this week!!! Thank you!
March 25, 2009
A Wolfe Island Historical Society Event
Wolfe Island’s Bruce Horne presents:
The History of the Horne’s Ferry Service to the USA
Wednesday, March 25th at 7:30 p.m.
Wolfe Island United Church Hall
Bruce has found film of his family’s ferry service that has not been shown publicly before. It shows quite a number of faces neither he nor his family can identify and they would welcome the help of Island elders putting names to faces. Why not come out for this exciting evening.