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Sustainability

The County of Hastings County includes Hastings County, the City of Belleville and the City of Quinte West and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, with its forests, farmland, lakes, rivers and small and large communities, is well situated to lead in the field of alternative energy development, conservation of natural resources,  sustainable agriculture and forestry and artisan food production. 

Harvest Hastings is about living lightly on the land. Sustainability has four sections on land stewardship, tree planting, managing woods and wildlife at  Caring for Land; discussion about Climate Change; finfd out about Green Communities, and read about what's happening in Local Agriculture. There are  AudioVideos, and  a Photo Gallery. Look for   "Know your farmer" video or audio interviews with local farmers and other producers. Web links has l links to local organizations as well as provincial ones. Check Coming Events to find  workshops, agricultural events, community meals and much more. Above all get outand explore

M.A.C.K. fest White Water kayaking

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Join us at the Cedar Ridge Roadhouse in Marmora, on Saturday morning at 8h30am in the parking lot.  Members of the Kawartha Whitewater Paddlers (www.kwpclub.ca) will be there with put-in and take-out directions, as well as information about each set of rapids for those of you new to the rivers.

To help you get your day started, our friends at Tim Horton's will have fresh coffee for everyone, chocolate milk from Kawartha Dairy and home baked croissants and carrot cake from the owner of the Marmora Inn.

Should you have any questions, please contact Rob at r [dot] clive [at] hotmail [dot] com or Manny at mannyfergie [at] hotmail [dot] com

Event Date and Time: 
April 6, 2013 - 08:30 - April 7, 2013 - 12:00

A presentation depicting and honouring the maple syrup industry

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

This is an exhibition about the maple syrup industry in and around Tweed is at the Tweed Heritage Centre during March and April.

Honouring the maple syrup industry

Maynooth Winter Market

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Come and enjoy the many vendors at the Maynooth Winter Market on March 23 and April 13.

Event Date and Time: 
March 23, 2013 - 10:00 - 16:00

Location

Maynooth Municipal Hall
33011 Highway 62 North
Maynooth, ON K0L 2S0
Canada
45° 13' 51.3228" N, 77° 56' 18.6" W

Celebrate Maple Season

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

March and April is maple syrup season in Hastings County. It is a wonderful time to get out and experience the renewal of early spring when the days are getting longer, the light is getting stronger and the sap  is rising in the maple trees.

The Spring season is soon approaching and with it comes the delicious maple syrup season and the joys of being outdoors.  Harvest Hastings, in partnership with Hastings County, wants to let people know about the opportunities here in our own backyard through out March and early April 

Harvest Hastings asks, as the weather begins to warm, why not celebrate the season by visiting your local maple syrup producers and embark on a sugar bush tour and horse-drawn sleigh ride or enjoy a pancake breakfast hosted by a local organization and take a walk on one of the many trails throughout Hastings County?

Throughout March and April, a collection of Harvest Hastings members who are involved in maple syrup production will be highlighted, along with the many additional activities and events that compliment the season.

Pancake breakfasts and special meals

Centre Hastings Fire Dept 28th Annual Pancake Breakfast, all you can eat, Ivanhoe Fire Hall, March 17, 7 a.m - 1 p.m.

Palmateer Pancake Breakfast, Tweed.

Bancroft Fish and Game Club, Wild Game Dinner, March 23, 4.30 p.m. -  9.0 p.m, dinner at 5.30 p.m.

Festivals

Frink Maple Fest, Leap into Spring March 24, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Dungannon Mud Bog,  April 28

A presentation depicting  and honouring the Maple Syrup Industry, Tweed Heritage Centre, March and April

Maynouth Winter Market, March 23, April 13, Maynooth Muncipal Building

MACK Fest April 6 -7  White Water events, guide trips, free style and down river kayaking, starting at Cedar Ridge Roadhouse, Marmora

Sugar bushes and sugar houses: Please remember to call before to come to make sure there is someone to show you around

Trillium Ridge Sugarworks

Eldoro Gold Sugar House

O'Hara Sugar Maples

S. and G. Sap House

Apple Gates Orchard

Friendly Acres

Brian and Jackie Denyses

Dennis Harry at Three Maples

McEwan Maple

Ron and Tracey Derry 

Flat Breeze Janice Tiessen and Rick Hemmings

Sleigh Rides

Odd Corners Farm 

Rockfield Farm

Maines Harvest Farm 

 

 

Leap into Spring

March 9, 2013 by Louise Livingstone

Hello Friends of the Frink Centre,
 
Maple Fest runs Sunday, March 24, 11 am - 3 pm, with pancake sales, family entertainment, self directed maple syrup hike to interpretive sites with signage and staff.  Admission: $5 per person, $10 per family or $20 per group.
Also, keep your eyes open along the trails for new "You are Here" signs, to keep you on the right track. This past few years. a number of new signs has been posted along the common trails to help enhance visitors hiking experience.
 
See you on the 24th! Leap into Spring.Leap into spring
Event Date and Time: 
March 24, 2013 - 11:00 - 15:00
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