2,000 Local Apples to City Councillors

Farmers and Torontonians Call on City to Buy Local Food

Children from local day cares deliver apples in wagons to Councillors’ Offices.

MEDIA EVENT

WHEN:     Monday, October 20, 2008, 10:00 AM

WHERE:   Right Behind City Hall at Elizabeth Street and Hagerman.

WHAT:       

  • 10 AM: Media conference: Jamie Kirkpatrick, Toronto Environmental Alliance introduces Charles Stevens (Wilmot Orchards), who donated the apples. Jamie explains how apples represent Torontonians petition for City to pass a local sustainable food procurement policy.
  • 10:15 AM: Children (and their parents) from local day cares deliver apples in wagons to Councillors’ Offices.

  •  2,000 apples in about 30 bushels

TEA, Local Apples for Council