Community Spotlight: Flower Farmer Theresa Schumilas
Community Spotlight: Flower Farmer Theresa Schumilas Meet OFN superuser and flower farmer Theresa Schumlias In this issue, we have a quick chat with OFN superuser and flower farmer Theresa Schumlias about her passion for flowers, OFN and her latest ventures. How did...
Community Spotlight: Palatine Roses
Community Spotlight: Palatine Roses The OFN team spoke with Rachel Schmitz from Palatine Roses to learn more about their shop and how they support the flower community. Palatine Roses is a local flower shop from Palatine Hill in Niagara-on-the-Lake. They are active...
Community Spotlight: Oy’s Joys Bakery
Community Spotlight: Oy’s Joys Bakery Olivia Yetter, founder of Oy’s Joys bakery, shares the story of how she started her business by selling at farmers’ markets in her neighbourhood in Toronto. The pandemic provided an opportunity to increase production and...
Community Spotlight: St James Town Community CO-OP
Community Spotlight: St James Town Community CO-OP St James Town CO-OP is a non-profit, community owned enterprise supporting the sustainable development of the St. James community. Their initiatives work for food security and resilience to climate change. Here is...
Community Spotlight: CULTIVATE Virtual Farmers’ Market
Community Spotlight: CULTIVATE Virtual Farmers’ Market CULTIVATE is an online – Farmers’ Market in the St. Thomas, ON region. It was born out of a desire to strengthen and support the St. Thomas farming community in the context of COVID-19. Vicki Asher,...
Food, tech and data sovereignty
Food, tech and data sovereignty In this interview for the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems’ Handpicked podcast, OFN-CAN founder and Managing Director, Theresa Schumilas, explains how digital platforms can contribute to the food sovereignty movement. You can...
Community Spotlight: Bailey’s Local Foods
Community Spotlight: Bailey’s Local Foods In the first installment of our user profile series, we catch up with Maryrose Ivanco, co-owner of Bailey’s Local Foods (website). Bailey’s is an on-line farmers’ market serving the Waterloo region, and are...