Media roundup: Foodstock stories and pictures
UPDATED OCTOBER 22 2011
Everywhere there was song and celebration: Foodstock fights the mega-quarry
BY MEG BORTHWICK Rabble OCTOBER 19, 2011
Imagine you are walking through a gold, orange and red canopied autumn woodlot. You’ve got a fragrant, steaming mug of cider to ward off the chill, and as you wander, eating and drinking, local buskers serenade you as you make your way through crowds of friends to a stage where your favourite Canadian musicians are playing live. Nice dream, eh?
Foodstock Takes Us on a Magical Forest Food Adventure
BY HAMUTAL DOTAN • PHOTOS BY CORBIN SMITH Torontoist October 18 2011
Farmers, chefs, food activists, and food lovers gathered Sunday to celebrate the harvest and raise awareness of a proposed megaquarry in the heart of Ontario farmland.
‘And yet the people keep coming’
By Valerie Howes Reader’s Digest October 18 2011
It’s just past noon on Sunday October 16. The line-up of cars waiting to park at Diane and Bill French’s Farm in Honeywood, Ontario, is so long that people are abandoning their vehicules on Highway 124 and trekking the last few kilometres in rubber boots.
Foodstock raises awareness, tantalizes taste buds
Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin October 18 2011
According to organizers, more than 20,000 people attended Foodstock Sunday.
Protest never tasted so sweet
By Bill Tremblay Orangeville Banner October 17 2011
Adam Black never thought he would see the population of Melancthon swell to nearly 10 times its norm.
However, Foodstock “overwhelmed” the potato farmer as 28,000 people flooded his hometown on Sunday (Oct. 16), braving rain, intense wind and hail to show their opposition to The Highland Companies plans to turn 2,316 acres of farmland into an aggregate mine.
Foodstock wasn’t really about food production
By Owen Roberts Urban Cowboy October 17 2011
The Woodstock-like anti-development festival near Shelburne that was held Sunday, called Foodstock, magnified how rural Ontario has become a battleground for diverse ideologies, extreme self-interests, and total misunderstandings. They directly involve — or ignore — agriculture in ways it’s never known before.
Citizens continue fight against planned Ont. mega-quarry
By Heather Loney Global News October 17, 2011
Citizens in rural Ontario are continuing their fight against a proposed mega-quarry. Top chefs were joined by musicians Ron Sexsmith, Jim Cuddy, Sarah Harmer, Cuff the Duke and Hayden this weekend, as part of Foodstock.
Report from the Melancthon food protest
BY R. JEANETTE MARTIN NOW Magazine October 17 2011
Heading into the Melancthon area north of Shelburne by bus, it became obvious that Foodstock wasn’t going to be your average corn roast in the woods.
Foodstock draws thousands against mega quarry
BlogTO OCTOBER 17, 2011
Foodstock brought the people out in droves on Sunday to a rainy, wooded potato farm 85 kilometers north of Toronto to sample gourmet, local dishes and to show their support for local agriculture that is up against a very serious threat in the region.
Foodies unite en masse to oppose land excavation
By Theresa Boyle Toronto Star October 16 2011
HONEYWOOD, ONT.—A soggy potato farm north of Orangeville was turned into a field of dreams by thousands of foodies who sampled the fare of top chefs, listened to live music and joined an effort to protect nearby agricultural land.
Toronto Star photo-gallery
By Aaron Harris October 16 2011
Foodstock fundraiser to stop Melancthon Mega Quarry
Demotix October 16 2011
Around 100 chefs prepared food in a wooded area of Melancthon township for Foodstock, a fundraiser event to help stop what could become Canada’s largest quarry for limestone aggregate mining. Canada. 16th October 2011
Foodstock – a culinary protest to stop the mega quarry
by SURESH Spotlight Toronto OCTOBER 16, 2011
Cold winds, rain, a flat tire, hail and a painful lineup of cars didn’t stop thousands from attending Foodstock today. Here’s a quick recap of my experience at the event.
Foodstock Chefs, NDACT, Consumers, Farmers and More Protest Quarry
By Christy Burton Suite101.com October 16 2011
100’s of chefs from across Canada create culinary delights where a proposed limestone quarry threatens prime agriculture lands and major water resources.
CTV News Foodstock coverage
October 16 2011
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