Tag Archives: Friends of riverdale farm

I had posted earlier about our meeting with city officials this morning and how they were very receptive to our cause.  I wanted to take a moment and share with you couple of videos that are taken over the past months in Winchester Park.  This will give you an idea about what’s happening here in the winter and you can be the judge if it will get better or worse over the summer! This is one of our member talking to us about what he would like to see in the space. He won’t be able to make it tonight …

I have recently posted about the current status of Riverdale Farm and have since found a letter that was sent to the community by the Riverdale Coalition.  Please click here to view it

The Friends of Riverdale Farm could have until July to come up with a plan to make the farm more financially sustainable before council contemplates slapping a $2 user fee on the petting zoo overlooking the Don Valley. Today budget committee member Michelle Berardinetti tabled a motion that would put off plans to charge the fee until after the community organization had time to finish the job it started earlier this year. Berardinetti tabled the amendment to a motion by budget chief Mike Del Grande, who suggested the city might raise some cash by charging a fee to get into …

Just a quick note to let you know that the Riverdale Farmer’s Market is still open and will remain open every Tuesday till October 25, 2011.  It’s a great space to get your week’s worth of fresh from the farm groceries done.  Here’s a list of vendors that you can expect to see at the market: Akiwenzie’s Fish & More, Wiarton ON Contact: Andrew & Natasha Akiwenzie 519-534-9056 ; akiwenzie@bmts.com Akiwenzie’s Fish & More is a small First Nations family business. They offer fresh and smoked Georgian Bay fish. The species are usually whitefish and lake trout. Their fresh fish …