Editor’s Desk

I have always felt both sad and a little guilty that, in the dust of the baby boomers, the Gen Xers never really had the opportunity to grab the world by the tail.

It has been well over a decade since the federal government promised to make broadband Internet available to all Canadians.

Local food represents nothing short of a “global wave” of a social movement

“… everybody get together, 
try to love one another, right now.”

“I knew him more from his Countryside Digest writings,” he wrote, “and they demonstrated his love of history, human nature, humour, and attention to detail.”

We have always known what “local” means.

If for some crazy reason, you have not been to a performance at Theatre Orangeville, or not explored the rich local history at the museum, you’re missing out on two of our most exceptional local treasures!

More than ever, Canadians care about their food and where it comes from.

Our first issue featured a story about two new cultural institutions, Dufferin County Museum and Archives and Theatre Orangeville.

This is the issue in which we pay tribute to our Local Heroes, some of the extraordinary people whose commitment to community make life better for all of us here in the hills.

With this issue we go urban – or as urban as it gets in our small towns and villages.

One of the biggest challenges facing the local food movement is distribution – or how to best get produce from the fields and farms to area restaurants and home kitchens.