Organic Picnic It

WHERE?

Vincent Massey Park (areas K&L)
Heron Rd. and Riverside Dr., Ottawa park gates are on Heron Rd.

WHEN?

SPOKE will arrive at 5:30PM. Speeches will begin at 6PM.
Thurs., Aug. 3rd, 5:30 to 8:30PM

Picnickers will receive a booklet called "Organic in Ottawa", which will be a guide to Ottawa-area organic food suppliers, organic lawn and garden care services, organic producers, as well as relevant internet links.

For free parking, mention that you're there for the organic picnic.

Please bring your own plate, cup, and utensils, but those items will be available if needed. There is a rain shelter, if needed.

Any leftover food will be given to a charity for the homeless.

Presented by SPOKE - Students Promoting Organic Kinship with the Environment, cycling across Canada to promote sustainable food production & Canadian Organic Growers (COG)

In order, the speakers will be:

Chris Gooderham (director of SPOKE)

Elizabeth Arnold (City of Ottawa Councillor, Somerset Ward)

Charles Caccia, MP (Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development)

Peggy Land (physiotherapist and co-chair of the working group on the Health Dangers of the Urban Use of Pesticides (HDUUP) of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC))

Eleanor Heise (President of COG)

Sponsors: (as of July 25)

National Capital Commission

Bread and Roses Bakery

Rainbow Natural Foods

Little Stream Bakery

The Green Table Vegetarian Eatery

The Wheat Berry

Cocoa Camino Fair Trade Hot Chocolate (La Siembra Cooperative)

Herb & Spice Shop

Arbour Environmental Shoppe
and more...

Affiliates: (as of July 25)

Food Action Ottawa

Community Garden Network

Sierra Club of Canada

Sierra Youth Coalition
and more...