Events - Member Organizations

September 18, 2010 12:00 pm

The Good Food for All Festival is back and bigger than ever! Join us on September 18 for a fun-filled—and entirely free!— day of entertainment, kids' activities, music and, of course, lots and lots of delicious food. Hosted by broadcaster and author Jane Farrow, the day features the Food Network's Food Jammers and their crazy culinary contraptions; music by Nine Mile and Samba Squad; a community cook-off (you be the judge); a farmers' market; samples from The Stop kitchen; a bike-repair clinic; a swap shop and much more. Kids will enjoy live animals, food competitions (with cookie rewards!) and, of course, the ever-popular bouncy castle. Join us for what is always a wonderful day celebrating our neighbourhood and healthy and delicious food.

When: Saturday, Sept 18, noon til 3 pm

Where: 1884 Davenport (at Symington)

How much: Entirely free!

September 2, 2010 5:30 pm

Our Global Roots Garden is thriving! Please join coordinator Liz Curran for a free tour of the garden where you'll meet the senior and youth gardeners tending the plots and enjoy some tasty snacks. As well, youth from CultureLink's Summer Theatre program will be performing scenes from their original play at 7:30 pm. All are welcome! For more information, contact Liz liz [at] thestop [dot] org or 416-651-7867 ext. 27.

 

When: Thursday, September 2, 5:30 pm
Where: Global Roots Garden, The Stop Community Food Centre, Wychwood Barns (Barn #5), 601 Christie St. (at St. Clair)
How much: Free

Photo courtesy Laura Berman/GreenFuse Photos

September 18, 2010 5:30 pm

Hot on the heels of their very successful Fred Eaglesmith concert and BBQ, the New Farm is gearing up for another Stop fundraiser! For one night only, the farm will be transformed into a restaurant, theatre and concert hall with an organic BBQ (complete, of course, with fresh organic veggies straight from the farm); foot-stomping folk music from the Sun Parlour Players; and a performance of Reesor by Erin Brandenburg and Lauren Taylor. This acclaimed play – NOW called it "grassroots theatre at its best" – chronicles the history of the northern Ontario town of Reesor, settled by immigrants in the 1920s and 30s. The event is generously sponsored by Bernardin (who will give you a jar to fill up with some of Creemore’s best brew from the cash bar!) and by Blundstone Footwear, who will be raffling off some of their fine boots. For more info, please call Sara at 705-466-9906 or email sara [at] creemore [dot] com. All proceeds benefit The Stop and New Farm's Grow for the Stop program.

 

Where: The New Farm, 9783 Nottawasaga 6/7 Sideroad, Creemore, ON

When: Saturday, September 18. 5:30 til late. (Play 6 pm, dinner 7:30 pm, music 9 pm).

How much: Tickets for the full event are $45 and concert-only tickets available for $20. Kids tickets are also available. Tickets can be purchased online, at The Creemore Echo, or from The New Farm stall at The Creemore Farmers’ Market.

 

 

September 23, 2010 12:00 pm

STOP BY AND RECONNECT FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Thursday September 23,
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
The Stop’s Green Barn
601 Christie Street (Christie & St. Clair) Barn 2
Tables of 8 at $100 per person
Hosted by Charlotte McConnell & Andrea Ross

Reconnect with old friends; enjoy a cocktail reception, exquisite lunch and a special presentation from Dr. Natasha Turner, all while raising funds for The Stop Community Food Centre's innovative programs that fight hunger, build hope and inspire change.

Tickets are limited. To purchase please call 416-652-7867 x 225, email gillian [at] thestop [dot] org or click here to purchase tickets online. The first 100 ticket purchasers will have a chance to win a jewelry item from Tiffany & Co.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Natasha Turner is one of Canada’s leading naturopathic doctors and natural health consultants and author of The Hormone Diet.

August 26, 2010 6:30 pm

Fresh: The Movie is finally coming to Toronto! Premiering at the Bloor Cinema on August 26, the acclaimed documentary by Ana Sofia Joanes examines the consequences of our industrial food system and offers a practical alternative for how we grow, buy and eat our food. Some of the food activists featured include renowned urban farmer, Will Allen; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur, Joel Salatin and supermarket owner, David Ball. Following the screening will be a panel discussion moderated by Wayne Roberts and featuring Chef Brad Long; Chris Wong (Young Urban Farmers); Debbie Field (FoodShare) and Tammara Soma (Sustain Ontario).

When: Thursday, August 26, 6:30 pm
Where: Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. W. (at Bathurst)
How much: $10

Other Fresh events are scheduled throughout the week leading up to the screening:

Aug. 15: Gardening Workshop and Potluck, Carville Community Garden. 9100 Bathurst Street, Thornhill, 3 to 8 pm. (Free) Aug. 18: Harvest Wednesday at The Gladstone. The opening event at this annual celebration of Ontario's harvest. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W., 6:30 pm. ($19.95) Aug. 20: Chocosol “Chocolate in Motion” workshops. 6 St. Joseph St., starting at noon. ($20) Aug. 23: Farm to Table Dinner at The Beast. 96 Tecumseth St., 6:30 pm. ($50) Aug. 23: FoodShare guided tour and growing demonstrations. 90 Croatia St., 5:30 pm. (Free) Aug. 24: An Evening at The Stop’s Green Barn. A guided tour of our greenhouse, gardens, along with refreshments from The Stop Café. 601 Christie St. 7 pm. ($10) Aug. 25: The Junction Fromagerie. Local cheese and wine tasting. 3042 Dundas St. W. 7 pm. ($20)

For complete information about Fresh and all the week's events, please visit Radishes and Rhubarb. To register for any of these events, contact Allison at radishesandrhubarb [at] gmail [dot] com. To register for The Stop tour, contact Christina at christina [at] thestop [dot] org or call 416-652-7867 ext. 250.

Start: Jul/24/2010 - 3:00 pm End: Jul/24/2010 - 3:00 pm

24 July 2010
National Day of Action: THE PEOPLE vs. JASON KENNEY (and everything he stands for)

• All Day: follow @noii_to (on twitter)
• @3pm, Football Showdown @ Dufferin Grove Park

JK (aka Jason Kenney) is the Immigration Minister
JK wants to be the new Harper
JK cut the refugee program
JK makes lives miserable for Immigrants
JK cuts funds for women’s groups and people opposing Israeli Apartheid
JK wants more temp workers with few rights
JK wants more corporate profit and few people’s freedoms

JK needs a kickin’

On July 24, a National Day of Action against JK, his anti-people policies and everything else he stands for has been declared.

On July 24, creative actions will take place across Toronto opposing JK and his agenda.

Follow us @noii_to (Twitter!) to find actions all day on July 24 as they happen - #kickjasonjenney

Start: Jul/22/2010 - 6:30 pm End: Jul/22/2010 - 6:30 pm

What and Who is NOII-TO anyway?
(Discussion & New Members Meeting)

Thursday, 22 July 2010 | 6:30pm | 12th Floor | OISE, 252 Bloor West
This is a child-friendly meeting and venue.

Interested in learning about No One Is Illegal-Toronto?
Looking to join a grassroots organization post-G20?

Organizers from No One Is Illegal – Toronto, a grassroots anti-colonial migrant justice organization, are hosting an information and discussion session this coming Thursday to invite people to learn more, ask questions, and find out how to get involved with or support our efforts.

This is a two-part meeting, with the second one on August 12. If you are interested in joining No One Is Illegal-Toronto but cannot attend July 22nd, please email us at nooneisillegal@riseup.net

Please bring your questions, thoughts and ideas!

Our Demands: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/demands
Some facts: http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/getthefacts

September 16, 2010 6:00 pm

The Stop’s acclaimed chef Chris Brown, former Executive Chef of Perigee Restaurant, presents an intimate dining experience in support of The Stop’s innovative programs that fight hunger, build hope and inspire change.

One Thursday each month, Chef Brown prepares a mouthwatering five-course meal featuring local, sustainable food, and enjoyed in either the sheltered garden or greenhouse at the The Stop’s fabulous Green Barn at Christie and St. Clair. If you're a budding chef and want to experience life in a professional kitchen, you can also join the kitchen crew and help prepare the feast.

Meal only $75; with wine pairing $120; kitchen crew $100.

 

Food for Change menu, Sept. 16 (subject to change without notice)

      Pickled beef tongue salad with frisee lettuce, smoked blue cheese and a bacon vinaigrette

      Roast beet tartare topped with arugula and salted ricotta

      Pulled pork croquettes with pickled cabbage, Romano beans and roasted wild mushrooms

      Grilled halibut with braised lettuce, clams and roasted garlic veloute

      Coronation grape soup with a warm dark chocolate pudding

 

     Wine pairings by Reif Estate Winery.

 

For more info, please visit our Food Enterprises site.

August 19, 2010 6:00 pm

The Stop’s acclaimed chef Chris Brown, former Executive Chef of Perigee Restaurant, presents an intimate dining experience in support of The Stop’s innovative programs that fight hunger, build hope and inspire change.

One Thursday each month, Chef Brown prepares a mouthwatering five-course meal featuring local, sustainable food, and enjoyed in either the sheltered garden or greenhouse at the The Stop’s fabulous Green Barn at Christie and St. Clair. If you're a budding chef and want to experience life in a professional kitchen, you can also join the kitchen crew and help prepare the feast.

Meal only $75; with wine pairing $120; kitchen crew $100.

 

-- Menu for August 19 (subject to change without notice) --

Smoked trout with arugula, beets and pistachios
Squid ink noodles with Dungeness crab, basil sprouts and tomato water
Crispy sweetbreads with sweet peas, watercress and bacon
Roasted duck breast with sautéed Brussels sprouts leaves and salsify puree
Peach cheesecake with a blueberry gin emulsion sauce

Wine pairings by Chateau des Charmes.

For more info, please visit our Food Enterprises site. To make a reservation, call Christina at 416 652 7867 x 250 or email christina [at] thestop [dot] org

July 13, 2010 6:45 pm

The Green Barn outdoor summer film series continues with a screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary, The Garden. Filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (award-winning director of OT: Our Town) brilliantly captures, in a series of explosive and wrenching events, the ways greedy developers, inept politicians, and self-serving community leaders can run roughshod over the lives of working class families fighting to save the 14-acre urban farm in South Central Los Angeles that's become their very source of survival. Equal parts The Wire and Harlan County, USA, The Garden exposes the fault lines in American society and raises crucial and challenging questions about liberty, equality, and justice for the poorest and most vulnerable among us. As the battle lines are drawn between this group of low-income families struggling to protect their land against a backdrop of grey and hardened skyscrapers, their cause becomes an international sensation that draws the attention of numerous notable activists and politicians, including Danny Glover and Willie Nelson. Watch the trailer here.

We'll be making pizza in the newly opened bake oven, serving beer (courtesy of Mill Street) and having a post-screening discussion with several of the city's urban agriculture facilitators.

When: Tuesday, July 13 (doors 6:45 pm; vegetarian/vegan dinner 7:30; screening 8) Where: The Stop's Green Barn (sheltered garden), 601 Christie St. (at St. Clair) How much: PWYC, with suggested donation of $12-20. No one turned away due to lack of funds.   Space is limited, reservations required. Please contact Ash at ash [at] thestop [dot] org or call 416-652-7867 ext 222.  

 

 

 

July 25, 2010 1:00 pm

The battle for smoked meat supremacy is heating up! Join us at this special fundraiser where chefs from Caplansky's, Goldin's and The Stockyards will go head-to-head (or brisket-to-brisket) in a competition to produce the best smoked meat sandwich. Come and vote for your favourite. Admission is free, but food and drink available for purchase: all sandwiches $3; lemonade and iced tea $3; beer (Mill St. and Steamwhistle) $5.

Where: Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St. (at St. Clair) When: Sunday, July 25, 1 to 5 pm. How much: Free. (Food and drink available for purchase; all proceeds go to The Stop.)                      

Start: Jun/25/2010 - 2:30 pm End: Jun/25/2010 - 2:30 pm

NO TO G8/G20! YES TO TAKING BACK OUR CITY

Friday, June 25th, 2010
2:30pm
Allan Gardens (Carleton St. and Sherbourne St)
RALLY. MARCH. BLOCK PARTY. TENT CITY.

NOTE: March will be led by Women and Transfolks

From June 25th and 27th, 2010, the world’s twenty richest countries (the G8 and G20) will send their ruling elite, along with heads of the IMF and World Bank, to meet in Huntsville and then in Toronto, to talk exploitation, wealth, and greed.

Start: Jun/19/2010 - 1:00 pm End: Jun/19/2010 - 3:00 pm

No One Is Illegal! Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal

A panel with community activists from No One Is Illegal Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal, as well our allies Melissa Elliott (Young Onkwehonwe United, Six Nations) and Adil Charkaoui (held on a Security Certificate in Montreal). This panel focuses on the realities of Canadian immigration and border controls in relation to the broader global dynamics of corporate free trade, militarization and occupation, and the rise of racist sentiments against Indigenous and immigrant communities.

Saturday, 19 June 2010
13:00 - 15:00
Ryerson University, SCC Thomas Lounge
55 Gould Street
Toronto, ON

July 17, 2010 10:00 am

Join us for a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at a cattle farm on this trip to Port Hope’s South 50 Farms, about 90 minutes outside of Toronto. Run by Ian and Jamie Sculthorpe, and situated on land that’s been in the family since 1850, South 50 Farms are purveyors of 100 per cent all-natural Ontario grass-fed beef, and use environmentally sustainable and humane practices that benefit both the cattle and the consumer. Travel is by coach bus.

When: Saturday, July 17, 10 am-3:30 pm (estimated)
Where: Depart from the Stop’s Green Barn, 601 Christie St. (Barn 4)
How much: $60 ($25 for children 12 and under, one child per adult); includes travel and a box lunch.

To register, please contact Danielle at danielle [at] thestop [dot] org or call 416-652-7867 ext. 250.

 

June 26, 2010 6:30 pm

The Stop and Hillcrest Village Choir present a unique event in that will delight both food and music lovers alike. Chef Chris Brown will create, in advance, a five-course meal inspired by the choir’s performances. As the meal is served, the choir, under the direction of Musical Director Ben D’Cunha, will sing the piece that accompanies each course--all under the stars in our Green Barn’s beautiful sheltered garden. All proceeds go to The Stop and Hillcrest Village Choir.

When: Saturday, June 26, 6:30 pm
Where: The Stop’s Green Barn, 601 Christie St. (Barn 4, sheltered garden)
How much: $120

To purchase tickets, please contact Danielle at danielle [at] thestop [dot] org or call 416-652-7867 ext. 250.

 

June 25, 2010 6:00 pm

The Stop will be very active before and during the G20 Summit, with a variety of educational workshops and demonstrations. Please join us.

June 9: The Bread and Bricks Social Justice Group present the film Life and Debt, with a post-screening discussion about the G20 and why it matters in Davenport West. Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood Centre, 6:30 pm. Free (and free popcorn!).

June 14: A workshop about the G20 conducted by members of the Beehive Collective. Space is limited and participants must register in advance. Please contact Jen at jen [at] thestop [dot] org or 416-652-7867 ext. 237

June 25: A team from The Stop and Bread and Bricks will be cooking a meal to be served at the Community Mobilization Demonstration planned for Friday, June 25. We’d like to prepare much of the food in advance, so if anyone is interested in helping cook in the week leading up to the demo, please contact Jen at jen [at] thestop [dot] org or 416-652-7867 ext. 237.

 

 

June 8, 2010 6:45 pm

“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.” -- Cesar Chavez

This month, we kick off our summer outdoor screenings in our sheltered garden—which also means we’ll be firing up the bake oven! The event is licensed as well, and we’ll be serving ice cold beer, courtesy of Mill Street Brewery. We’ll be screening 1996’s The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, a film the L.A. Times called “an intimate portrait of one man whose quiet charisma and understanding of power made a huge difference.”

Directed by Ray Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores, this historical documentary tells the story of Cesar Chavez, the charismatic founder of the United Farmworkers Union, and the nonviolent movement that he inspired. The film includes newsreel footage of the Delano grape boycott, Senate hearings conducted by Robert F. Kennedy, Chavez's fasts, encounters with growers and rival Teamsters. This chapter of American history recounts an inspiring story of hope and courage against overwhelming odds, a story of poor people taking control of their lives.

When: Tuesday, June 8, doors at 6:45 pm; vegetarian/vegan dinner at 7:30; screening at 8
Where: The Stop’s Green Barn, 601 Christie St. (Barn #4, the sheltered garden)
How much: PWYC, with suggested donation of $12-20. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

Space is limited, reservations required. Please contact Ash at ash [at] thestop [dot] org (ash [at] thestop [dot] org )or call 416-652-7867 ext 222.

Sponsored by Mill Street Brewery.