Author Archives: Callum Batten

Our Community Bonds Launch! As many of you know from our website & recent events, we have been working on launching our Community Bonds campaign! We are excited to invite you all to our official launch on December 3rd at 4 pm at the Eat Local Grey Bruce Warehouse in Meaford with an online option to joinContinue reading “Our Community Bonds Launch!”

Reducing Waste at Eat Local Grey Bruce Sustainability is one of our core co-operative values at Eat Local Grey Bruce. One of the ways we put this value into action is through our waste reduction initiatives – we care greatly about our environmental footprint and invest notable effort into reducing our overall waste. Did youContinue reading “Reducing Waste at Eat Local Grey Bruce“

Eat Local Grey Bruce Food Co-operative receives $20,000 loan from Harvest Impact by 10C Social finance investment will fund launch of community bond campaign.Guelph, Tuesday, October 4, 2022 – Harvest Impact Fund by 10C is pleased to announce a social finance loan of $20,000 to support Eat Local Grey Bruce Food Co-operative (ELGB) to supportContinue reading “Partnership with Harvest Impact”

Local Farm Dinner Recap We had an amazing time at our Local Farm Dinner at Devonwood Farm. Thank you so much to all of your who attended to support us, Sarah and Lonny for hosting us, the servers who helped and all the Eat Local staff who supported. We could not have made it happenContinue reading “Local Farm Dinner Recap”

A Tale of Two Buildings: Part 2 396 14th St. W in Owen Sound has been our home since the beginning. Historically, it was the home of Vectacor or Hudson Bay Wholesale, depending on who you ask. More recently we shared the building with the Owen Sound Combat Academy, Hands-On Sport Therapy, and The WarehouseContinue reading “A Tale of Two Buildings: Part 2”

A Tale of Two Buildings: Part 1 The SCP Centre has a storied history in Meaford.  Many locals know it as the former site of Amerock, an American company that manufactured hardware onsite until the 1980’s. Our new home is nestled under the old rooftop oven, with aspects of this history still visible. It laterContinue reading “A Tale of Two Buildings: Part 1”

Choreographing a Move As anyone who has ever coordinated a renovation or moved house can likely attest to, there are lots of moving parts and many details that need to be addressed for everything to come together. If done well, much like a well-choreographed dance, there can be little visibility of all that has toContinue reading “Choreographing a Move”

Having secured a new location is only the first step in the relocation process.  We will be continuing operations as a warehouse and pick-up location; however, we continue to dream about the future via our ongoing strategic planning process. Work continues to prepare the new space for our arrival. Public Health visited the site thisContinue reading “Behind the Scenes of a Relocation”

As many of you know, Grey County purchased our building in the fall and we have been looking for a new home. We are pleased to announce that we have located and secured a new location, a unit at 278 Cook Street in Meaford. The building owners, the Scott family, and their staff have beenContinue reading “Eat Local Grey Bruce Finally Found a New Home”

One of the biggest and most impactful shifts that supporting local food systems can provide is moving away from consumer cultures that embed themselves in narratives of competition and individual notions of rights towards responsibility. It is almost impossible to govern food chains as “public commons” when notions of ownership and entitlement govern how peopleContinue reading “Local Food System Series: Food as Responsibility”