Pickled Links

Below are some links to organizations we belong to, websites of interest and things that Leeshia & Ali think are noteworthy.

Banyan ~ Grown Shelter
Ali's natural building company.
www.banyanshelter.com

Kinmount Farmers' Market
Our local market - find us there on Saturdays!
www.kinmountfarmersmarket.ca

The Village of Kinmount
Website about the town of Kinmount. Online since 2010 to celebrate the town's 150th anniversary.
www.kinmount.ca

Kawartha Ecologocal Growers (KEG)
KEG is a collective of small-scale family farms in the western Kawartha Lakes working together to produce good, clean, fair food. KEG offers weekly CSAs, visits to Toronto Farmers' Markets and supplies various restaurants.
www.kawarthaecologicalgrowers.com

Canadian Organic Growers (COG)
COG is a national charitable organization whose goal is to lead local and national communities towards sustainable organic stewardship of land, food and fibre while respecting nature, upholding social justice and protecting natural resources. A good resource for information regarding organics, farming and sustainable food consumption.
www.cog.ca

Slow Food International
Slow Food is an international network of members that work together to defend biodiversity; to promote education about food and taste; and to bring together small-scale farmers and food producers who care about protecting their environment and their communties.
www.slowfood.com

Risingsun Gardens
Our friends, Yuki & Sebastian's website featuring their gardening and natural building tools and business.
www.risingsun-gardens.ca

Garden Jane
Our friend and gardening expert based out of Toronto. Jane offers workshops about gardening, Permaculture courses and linking farmers with consumers.
www.gardenjane.com

Ella's Botanicals
Where we get our lovely natural soaps and lotions. Handmade by Ella.
www.ellasbotanicals.com

Plants for a Future
Great website about plants and their uses.
www.pfaf.org

The One-Straw Revolution
Masanobu Fukuoka
www.onestrawrevolution.net

Radio Ecoshock
Ali's favourite podcast from BC.
www.ecoshock.org

Dark Mountain Project
Dark Mountain Project is a new cultural movement for an age of global disruption. As a group of artists, writers and creators, we are simply seeking to respond, as workers with the imagination, to the reality we see unfolding around us. We aim to question the stories that underpin our failing civilisation, to craft new ones for the age ahead and to reflect clearly and honestly on our place in the world.
www.dark-mountain.net

Transition Town
Transition Towns (also known as Transition Network or Transition Movement) is a brand of environmental and social movements founded (in part) upon the principles of permaculture. The aim of this varied global community project is to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. The Transition Town movement emphasizes socioeconomic localisation. There are many communities just forming all over Canada. Check out what's happening in your neck of the woods!
www.transitionnetwork.org

Purely Great ~ Handcrafted Natural Deodorants
Handmade Natural Deodorants by our friends Debbie. Only four ingredients go into these fine products and nothing that you can't pronounce!
www.mynaturaldeodorant.com