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The 2010 Quinte Farm & Trade Show will once again focus on the new. Topical and timely seminars will bring producers up to date with the latest that is happening in their industry and 2010 features the largest seminar program ever. The capacity trade show features local suppliers will be showcasing state-of-the-art technology and innovations.

Each spring Jim Pedersen, coordinator with the Hastings Stewardship Council helps landowners plant trees on marginal farm land. This is part of the Ontario government’s Trees Ontario program to plant 50 million trees by 2020.

The Hastings Stewardship Council partners with the municipalities to give residents trees to plant on their property. Watch the local media and www.harvesthastings.ca coming events section for more details about time and place.

If you would like to plant larger areas of land in 2011 please contact Jim Pedersen, (613) 395-4388 or jim [dot] pedersen [at] ontario [dot] ca.

You can order tree seedlings to purchase from Quinte Conservation and Lower Trent Conservation.

The Municipality of Tweed’s Community Development Committee (CDC) wants local residents and organizations to know that the draft of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) has been released for review and comment. The document is available for download: printed copies are also available from the Municipality of Tweed and at a number of locations throughout the Municipality. There are public meetings planned for Thursday, February 18 at Tweed White Building 7-9 p.m., Monday, February 22 at Marlbank St. Matthews Anglican Church Hall 7-9 p.m., and on Thursday, February 25, 7-9 p.m. at Queensborough Community Centre.

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David VanderDussen, NOD Apiary Products Inc. CEO will give a power point presentation about the Mite-Away Quick Strips™ on Monday, February 8, 2010, 7 p.m. at the Fairfield Marriott Hotel, 407 N. Front St., Belleville, located directly off Hwy 401. Take the Highway 62 South exit. This meeting is hosted by the Quinte Beekeepers’ Association. For more information please call (613)398-8422 or email peterbussell [at] reztel [dot] net. Everyone is welcome.

NOD Apiary Products Ltd., Frankford, Ontario, has developed a new, versatile form of treatment for the varroa mite in honey bee colonies.

Introductory Beekeeping This beekeeping workshop consists of classroom sessions and hands-on lessons in the bee yard. Participants of all experience levels are welcome. Topics include basic honey bee biology, beekeeping equipment, working in the bee colony, seasonal beekeeper responsibilities, harvesting and extracting honey and preparing bee colonies for winter. Each participant will receive a copy of the Ontario Beekeeping Manual.

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Plainfield Women’s Institue invites everyone to Celebrate thier 100th Anniversary with them on Sunday March 7, 2010 at Gilead Community Hall, 420 Bronk Road, Corbyville, Thurlow Ward, City of Belleville.

There will be musical entertainment with lunch to follow. Men are also welcome.

For more information phone Wilma Huffman at (613) 477-1332

Mix 97, Thursday, Jan 28, 2010. A consultant’s report on integrated waste management is being circulated to the council’s of eight Hastings-Quinte municipalities. The report covers a publicly-owned garbage transfer station, curbside organic pickup, and energy from waste system. A publicly-owned transfer station would save about a million dollars annually. And Chair of the Integrated Waste Committee, Tom Lafferty says the municipalities would have more control over the tipping fees. The energy from waste system is a big ticket item…65-million dollars… with the possibility of selling electricity to the grid. But Councillor Lafferty emphasizes…it’s all just being looked at. The eight municipalities include Belleville, Quinte West, Prince Edward County and four in Hastings County.

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A feature documentary about how family households have become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time. Writer/director Andrew Nisker asks an average urban family to keep every scrap of garbage they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world.

From organic waste to the stuff they flush, the plastic bags they use to the water bottles, the air pollution they create when transporting the kids around, to using lights at Christmas, the family discovers that for every action there is a reaction that affects them and the entire planet.

By the end of this trashy odyssey, you might be inspired to revolutionize your lifestyle .

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Community Action Belleville Documentaries at The Organic Underground.