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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

Promoting the 100 mile economy

April 2, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Vernon Molloy, from Ivanhoe, a philosopher by inclination and training, spends time pondering the problems facing the world and the increasing number of poor people. He has created a fascinating, thought-provoking website Backlander. In addition to writing about philosophy, he puts forward concrete ideas of what we can do faced with what he says may be the biggest destruction of life since a comet eliminated the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. He says "whether one is a global warming, resource-depletion alarmist or a secular moralist, we all agree that well-being depends upon improved conduct."

Not evil just wrong

April 1, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

Quoting the documentary's producer/directors, Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer: "Not Evil Just Wrong is the film Al Gore and Hollywood don't want you to see. It's the first film to expose the True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria."

Location

Organic Underground
255 Front Street, Belleville,
Canada
44° 9' 51.0012" N, 77° 23' 3.0336" W

The age of stupid

April 1, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

A wave-making feature film from the UK directed by Franny Armstrong. Oscar- nominee Peter Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, watching archival newsreel footage from 2008 and asking why we didn't slow down or stop climate change when we had the chance.

Location

Organic Underground,
255 Front Street, Belleville
Canada
44° 9' 51.0264" N, 77° 23' 3.5556" W

Maple syrup is fresh in Hastings county.

March 16, 2010 by Louise Livingstone

You can now buy fresh maple syrup made in Hastings County. The first run was good but as the weather warmed up so quickly the run of sap slowed down. Producers are waiting for temperatures to fall, but the quality of the sap changes the long they have to wait as the sap gets bitter and is no longer suitable for making syrup. So get your new maple syrup while supplies last. Use Search on the right hand side of the page and type in Maple Syrup to get a list of maple syrup producers.

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