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Tip: Your message to SUST-MAR must be html-free. So, BEFORE you hit SEND, please go to your "Format" pull-down menu and select "Plain text." Thanks! ____________________________________________________________________________ Paul: I sent you an earlier draft without the street addresses and without HGOF and the Grainery confirmed - can you post this version instead ? Thanks and again, sorry! michael Subject: GREEN shadow critic for Agriculture&Food to visit Halifax ********************************************************** Well known organic foods advocate and columnist on the 'Politics of Food' , Tom Manley ,in Halifax to promote his Vision, if he becomes Leader of the national GREENS *********************************************************** Tom Manley operates Homestead Organics, a service for organic farmers in eastern Ontario and western Quebec,providing them with specializied services like a a grain elevator and mill. He is an active public speaker on organic foods and a strong critic of the Politics of Food ;The Ontario and National Food and Agriculture shadow critic for the Green Party, a two time party candidate and now wants to lead the national GREENS. As part of a coast to coast tour, Tom will be in Halifax from Tuesday evening August 3rd till the afternoon of Wednesday August 4th. He would like to meet as many people as possible who are interested in organic food,green politics and ending the way we run-Down this planet. We plan to have supper with Tom at the Heartwood Bakery,6250 Quinpool Road at 6pm Tueday night.Everyone interested is welcome to attend.After supper,Geordie Ouchterlony will show Tom and us around his business "Home Grown Organic Foods" (HGOF) on 6186 B Allan St . Next morning, we plan to take Tom to as many Halifax area organic stores ,farms and facilties that are open midmorning ( and many are not) , hoping some media will tag along.Anyone who wants to meet Tom can also tag alongside: Great Oceans Foods,6485 Quinpool Rd at 9 AM ;the Urban Farm site (back of Captain Spry Community Centre,10 Kidston Road, Spryfield) at 10AM. At 11Am, Jill, a volunteer at the GRAINERY Co-op,2385 Agricola Street,(and ain't that an appropriate street name !) will show Tom and us around. We plan to eat lunch at 12 PM noon at the new restaurant, the Wooden Monkey on Argyle Street,across from the herald..like Heartwood it focuses on locally grown organic food. All are welcome to come and eat good food in pleasant surroundings with like-minded company. Tom's website is http://www.tommanley.ca for more information about him. Please call me for any more information you might need - hope to see you during Tom's visit ! Michael Marshall 422-4968 453-2011 gpcns@chebucto.ca ____________________________________________________________________________ Did a friend forward this to you? Join sust-mar yourself! Just send 'subscribe sust-mar' to mailto:majordomo@chebucto.ca
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