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Page 1: Credit Valley Conservation Stewardship Forum Carolyn Bailey and … · 2012. 10. 25. · Sprouting Sustainable Living! Credit Valley Conservation Stewardship Forum Carolyn Bailey

Sprouting Sustainable Living!Sprouting Sustainable Living!

Credit Valley Conservation Stewardship ForumCredit Valley Conservation Stewardship ForumCarolyn Bailey and Rahul MehtaCarolyn Bailey and Rahul Mehta

Saturday, October 13Saturday, October 13thth, 2012, 2012

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Ecosource

is an Ontario‐based organization that empowers the 

community to become more environmentally responsible through 

creative public education. Our vision is to move public attitudes and 

perceptions about environmental issues toward responsible personal 

action. EcoSource provides innovative education programs in Peel

and 

throughout the province to more than 25,000 youth and their families 

each year. 

Ecosource

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Programs & Projects

• Waste Reduction– Waste Reduction Workshops– Green Schools– WasteWatchers

• Local Food– Sustainable Urban Agriculture– Community Gardens– School Food Action Coalition

• Youth Action– Peel Environmental Youth Alliance(PEYA)

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PEYA

PEYA

is a network of action‐oriented students in the Peel Region 

concerned about environmental issues and determined to make positive 

change! PEYA provides a forum to share student ideas, support to

other 

students and teachers looking to create environmental projects, and fun 

and effective educational events. PEYA is a project of EcoSource. 

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PEYA’s 4 campaigns:

• Our focus for this year is  “Sustainability in our homes and 

communities”:

1) Stewardship in our natural areas

2) Urban agriculture in the city

3) Waste management beyond the  classroom

4) Sustainable transportation as a  way of living!

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Get involved!

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Gardens & Agriculture• Community Gardens:

– Garden of the Valley– Hillside Park Community Garden

– Parkway Green Generation Garden– Malton Community Garden

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• Sustainable Urban Agriculture:– The Iceland Teaching Garden 15,000 square‐foot peri‐urban food growing space 

modeled after a small‐scale market garden, providing a 

growing environment for food donations to the Eden 

Community Food Bank and serving as a base for our 

educational programming!

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Why Grow Food?

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Improved local ecology and sustainability (Hancick, 2001; Scghmelzkopf, 2002)

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Improved mental health and stress relief (Armstrong, 2000; VandenBerg, 2011; Public Health Agency of Canada, 2008) 

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Increased access to healthy food and better nutrition (Patel, 1991; Irvine et al., 1999; Dickinson et al., 2003) 

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Increased physical activity (Armstrong, 2000; Dickinson et al., 2003; Public HealthAgency of

Canada, 2008) 

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Improved academic performance and health for participating students (Hermann, J.R et. Al., Morris et. Al., 2002) 

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Improved neighbourhood security, reduction of crime in public spaces (Schmelzkopf, 1995; Ferris et. Al., 2001; McKay, 1998, Kuo et. Al., 2001) 

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Increased access to culturally appropriate foods at low cost (Wakefield et al, 2007) 

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Community development and social capital (Hancock, 2001; Doyle and Krasny, 2003) 

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“The fresh foods collected taste fantastic and I felt I am doingmy part in the environment and being green. Thank you!”

Nancy Velez, Community Gardener, Parkway Green Generation Garden

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“Students learn about the environment and about social responsibility when we visit EcoSource 

Community Garden Projects.”

‐Scott Neil, DPCDSB Teacher, Archbishop Romero H.E.L.P Leadership

Program

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Mississauga’s Community Garden Projects have been noted across the province:•In 2011, the Malton Community Garden Project won a Heritage Community Recognition Award 

for Natural Heritage from the Ontario Heritage Trust, an Agency of the Government of Ontario•The Community Gardens Program at EcoSource overall was nominated

for a 2012 Ontario 

Trillium Foundation “Great Grants”

Award

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What about growing food during the winter  months?

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All about sprouts!

• All kinds of sprouts, greens, and grasses can provide  you with an abundance of nourishment, energy, and  whole‐food goodness. 

• They can help you augment your diet and vastly  improve your health when eaten regularly. Sprouts are 

raw, living foods with an exceptionally high  concentration of antioxidants and other nutrients that 

have a regenerating (i.e. anti‐ageing) effect on the  body. 

• They contain loads of vitamins, minerals, proteins,  enzymes, fibre, and many other rejuvenating elements.

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Sprouts cont’d 

Sprouts are simply germinated seeds, each of which  contains all the elements needed for the life and 

growth of a plant. Many nutrients in the seed  increase several‐fold when sprouting. 

You can eat raw sprouted nuts, seeds, grains, and  beans from a huge variety of sources, such as 

alfalfa, broccoli, red cabbage, radish, clover,  mustard, garlic, onion, peas, lentils, chickpeas, 

quinoa, buckwheat, barley, oats, wheatgrass,  sunflower greens, and many many others! 

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Sprouts cont’d

• Always be sure to buy organic seeds sold  specifically for sprouting that haven’t been 

treated with chemicals or pesticides. You can  find them at natural health food stores, or 

even online.

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Sprouts Cont’d

• Fresh sprouts are easy to grow year‐round  and lots of fun to eat. You can add them to  sandwiches or salads, toss them in a stir‐fry,  add them to a trail mix for a snack, or even 

juice them. 

• The best part is, you can grow sprouts at  home! You don’t need any soil or fertilizers, 

and they don’t take up much space either. 

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Here’s what you need:

•Glass jar with ring lid (or rubber band)•Mesh screen or cheesecloth

•Organic sprouting seeds•Fresh, clean water•Assemble your take home kit with everything 

that you need!

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How – To  (What to do when you get home…)

• There are essentially three steps to sprouting:

1.

Soaking (day 1)

2.

Rinsing/draining (days 3 ‐6)

3.

And harvesting (day 6!)

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• Sprouts are tasty and easy…

enjoy a sprout  snack sample and good luck with your 

sprouting kits at home!

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For more information, visit: 

www.ecosource.ca and www.peyalliance.com  

Contacts:Carolyn Bailey, Urban Agriculture Program ManagerOffice:

905‐274‐6222 Email:

[email protected] Mehta, 

PEYA Sustain Action Campaigns FacilitatorOffice: 905‐274‐6222

Email: [email protected]

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Thank you! Thank you! Any questions?Any questions?