Brendan Johnson, Executive Director of the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition and member of The Seed Community Food Hub, talks to Nick Saul, author of The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement, at Lakeside HOPE House on June 24, 2013. 

Over 150 community members attended the event to hear Nick Saul speak and discuss food issues in Guelph-Wellington, including The Seed Community Food Hub. Speaker Plants the Seed for Community Food Hubs in Guelph – Guelph Mercury

Since the event, members of The Seed Community Food Hub have been presenting the short-term recommendations for improving the current emergency food system and their long-term vision for a community food hub to various stakeholder groups. Read coverage about their presentation to the City of Guelph Community & Social Services Committee here: City committee learns The Seed, a community food hub, is sprouting in Guelph.

It has also been announced that part of the proceeds from the Taste Real Field Dinner will go to The Seed Community Food Hub Committee. More details available here.