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How to Preserve Your Summer Harvest
Jul 26, 2021
We all love our fresh fruits and vegetables during the summer, but how can we keep enjoying them throughout the winter? Whether you want to store the bounty from your own garden or your local farmer’s market, here are some tips for keeping your harvest tasting delicious all year long! Try blanching and then freezing your vegetables. Blanching helps to preserve the flavour, colour, and nutritional value of the vegetables. To blanch them, boil the vegetables for around 1-3 minutes and then place them in cold ice water to stop the cooking process. Once cooled, the vegetables can be packed and
How to Support Local Farmers this Summer
Jul 09, 2021
Summer is the best time for fresh fruits and vegetables! There’s nothing like the perfect home-grown tomato, a salad made with fresh lettuce from the garden, or a ripe juicy peach on a hot summer day! Many of us love to grow food at home, but if you don’t have the space or you simply want to support local farmers, here are some resources to check out! If you shop at a grocery store but still want to buy locally grown food, look out for Foodland Ontario stickers on the produce! Foodland Ontario also has a website with a “Finding Local” page, where you can search for farmer’s markets and other
Help End Child Trafficking
Jul 08, 2021
Did you know that over 90% of Canada's trafficking victims come from within Canada's borders? FWIO Members are invited to join the ProjectMapleLeaf movement to share a unifying message that Canadians want to “end the buying and selling of girls and boys, in Canada (Globally)”. When you #AddYourVoice #HoldOurSign, together we tell others it is a priority to #ProtectChildren. It starts with a simple message, a sign, your participation, and social media. Instructions: Print out the sign below. Create a video or take a photo on your device in landscape/horizontally and hold up the sign.
Indigenous Education as an Act of Reconciliation
Jul 07, 2021
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a program of KAIROS CANADA, an ecumenical movement for ecological justice and human rights around the globe. KAIROS Canada is funded under various organizations and individuals, working together for extraordinary change. Plan now for your WI Branch and community to host a KAIROS Blanket Exercise. It's a highly effective way to experience the effect of colonization on Indigenous peoples. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is for Everyone Since 1997, tens of thousands of people in Canada and around the world have experienced the KAIROS Blanket Exercise in a wide

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