We asked some friends to share their thoughts and experiences of the Food Conference for the Blog and are grateful for their responses and for the confirmation that all of our efforts were fruitful and worthwhile. Here’s what folks had…
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Shoresh Food Conference Opening Remarks or Inspiration, Move Me Brightly.
Shoresh Food Conference Opening Address Bruchim ha’ba’im. Welcome. My name is Risa Alyson Cooper, I am the Executive Director of Shoresh Jewish Environmental Programs, and it my deep honour to welcome you all to the second annual Shoresh Food Conference.…
Ode to the Potato Pancake (Happy Chanukah)!
Ode to the Potato Pancake By: Risa Alyson Cooper Risa and her harvest Solanum tuberosum, has a rich history you know. The mighty potato was domesticated 7000 years ago. Yes, ancestors to the Incas, grew these gems in…
My Journey to Bela Farm
By Bluth (aka Rachel Rosenbluth) It’s only an hour away from the city, but instantly we felt more calm as we began the day long brainstorming session at Bela Farm. The Shoresh staff and interns went up for a lovely…
We’re Having a Party
You are invited to join Shoresh for a community gathering, picnic-extravanza at the beautiful Bela Farm, a rural centre for land-based Judaism in southern Ontario. Together we will eat, learn, play and work. We will provide vegetarian soup…
Shoresh’s Spring Festival at the Kavanah Garden
Last Sunday we celebrated the season of spring at Shoresh’s Kavanah Garden. The Kavanah Garden is an organic educational garden at UJA’s Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan. Shoresh’s flagship programming space, the Kavanah Garden seeks to…
From gloom to gladness: The future of environmentalism
Reposted from The Toronto StarSun Jun 17 2012By Stephen Bede Scharper There were no brilliant lightning flashes, no deafening thunder claps, and the earth did not tremble, but a seismic shift in the environmental movement was nonetheless on display last…
On the Relationship Between Flour and Torah
By guest blogger, Daniel Joseph: אם אין קמח, אין תורה; אם אין תורה, אין קמחWithout flour there is no Torah. Without Torah, there is no flour. (Pirkei Avot 3:17) Flour makes yummy challah, but I’m pretty sure you don’t need…
Jewish Educational Gardens Are Sprouting in the GTA
Written by teacher, Andrea Schaffer: טו וַיִּקַּח יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים, אֶת–הָאָדָם; וַיַּנִּחֵהוּ בְגַן–עֵדֶן, לְעָבְדָהּ וּלְשָׁמְרָהּ. 15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it. “And the teacher…
Shoresh Staff Training: Getting in touch with that inner child
Written by Shoresh Intern, Deb Cole One of the key components to any staff training is to engage in activities that will allow one to better understand who they are working with. In the case of gardening and outdoor education,…