We met up with Jen's parents and spent some quality family time with her sister on the organic farm she is working on in Orangeville. Touring the farm and eating delicious meals literally from farm to table gave us a true appreciation for how hard farmers work and how important our local food systems really are.
We had a great screening in Erin (yet another lovely town) that was packed with farm interns and local activists, some of whom shared a community potluck us beforehand. Thanks to Kate and Liz for making it happen and to Linda for her generous contribution to our tour.
After an all too short visit, we headed out, following bakeries and farm stands along the backroads, stopping in Bethany to present to over 100 Me To We youth attending a Leadership summer camp.
That same evening, we rolled into Peterborough where Peterborough Green Up hosted our screening. Special thanks to Matt who went out of his way to make sure we had a proper sound system at the last minute. It was great to have such knowledgable resource people around to answer local questions and point people in the right direction for composting, sustainable products, dish lending, and even a free store!
We had yet more family fun as Grant's cousin cycled 175 kms from norhtern Ontario to come visit us! The best feedback we got from the night was from one of the audience members who pledged to try her own zero waste year with her family of 4 and wrote us later to say they started on August 13th!