“Love Your Heart”, reads the back cover of the May/June 2010 issue of Synergy Magazine. It’s not an unexpected mantra to be found on the pages of Synergy, however, this particular instance was not of an expected nature. It was a slogan for one of the largest manufacturers of food and household products in the world – […]
Author Archives: Jon Steinman
Deconstructing Dinner: The Fight to Save Canada’s Rehabilitative Prison Farms
In an attempt to defend their decision to close Canada’s prison farm program, motives among Canada’s Conservative government have become quite curious “Over the last five years, less than 1% of all offenders released into the community found work in the agricultural sector,” said Ross Toller, the Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) Regional Deputy […]
Deconstructing Dinner: Halifax Awaits a World-Class Farmers’ Market
The Oldest Farmers’ Market In North America Prepares For An Exciting Move At 259 years old, the Halifax Farmers’ Market is the longest-running farmers market in North America. While the market as it exists today is an incredible story itself, more exciting is the long-awaited move to the now-under-construction Seaport Market. If all goes […]
Deconstructing Dinner: A Crisis in Awareness and Participation
Farmer and author Michael Ableman on the real crisis facing North Americans. Michael Ableman is a farmer, author and photographer. His interest to change the way in which North Americans access food began decades ago, placing Ableman as one of the veterans of “food activism”. Among the many crises that the world is quickly waking […]
Deconstructing Dinner: Ending Hunger
Will it take a strong role from municipal governments to once and for all alleviate food insecurity? If we were to analyze the role of local governments in North America, the most common responsibilities of municipalities consist of water and sewer services, road/sidewalk maintenance, upkeep of parks, garbage collection, snow removal, and many other infrastructure-related […]