All join in singing Hobo Wally’s new song: King of the HoleAWARE Simcoe October 1 2011About 300 people gathered on the front lawns of Queen's Park and, just as the rally started, the sun started to shine and it shone throughout!...

Friday, September 30th, 3:30 to 5:30 pm, Queen’s Park, TorontoNews release from Stop the Quarry - September 25, 2011Toronto, ON – The grassroots movement opposed to a proposed mega quarry north of Toronto is holding a rally at Queen’s Park this Friday at 3:30 pm....

‘A terrible legacy… we can’t let it happen’Posted Sept 22 2011MP Nichael Chong calls for federal environmentanl assessment, plus former radio host Andy Barrie, lawyer Jane Pepino, rancher Carl Cosack and others – as well as beautiful shots of the area’s natural and...

Star-studded musical line-up wiill entertain...

By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press  September 15, 2011 TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government is facing allegations of abusive interference from a company that claims the province scuttled its application to develop a quarry for political rather than environmental reasons. Read more ...

Canadian Chefs’ Congress on July 7, 2011 On October 16th, 2011 we will gather 20,000 people on the remaining Melancthon farmland that did not sell out to the Highland Companies. Hosted by over 70 of Canada’s top chefs from around the country, this event will celebrate Ontario’s bounty of food a...

‘We have to protect land that can grow food’ By Jennifer Bain Toronto Star September 15, 2011 Activist chef Michael Stadtländer is spearheading a farm-based food protest and hopes 20,000 people will join him. Read more ...

AWARE Simcoe September 11 2011Ontarions should let the people of Boston, home of the Baupost hedge fund, know how they feel about the mega-quarry. Keep your letter short and it’s more likely to be published. Email it to il to: letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com  Link to Herald story on mega-quarr...

Hub hedge fund hit over quarry By Brendan Lynch Boston Herald September 11, 2011 The Baupost Group, a Boston hedge fund, is under fire north of the border for financing a controversial, 2,300-acre limestone “mega-quarry” outside Toronto that would replace fertile potato farmland. Read more ...

The Grower September 2011 Six thousand acres of Honeywood silt loam, coveted by potato growers surrounding Shelburne, Ontario, sit at the head of a simmering controversy. “The BMW of soil” is how Kate Armstrong describes the legacy of her great-great-great-great grandfather who first farmed there in ...