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Eat Local Challenge
A documentary series that follows Eastern Ontario families and individuals as they challenge themselves to 7 days of eating only foods grown and raised locally. Learn more about eating seasonally, supporting local farmers, and reducing your carbon footprint.
Watch the complete series on TVCOGECO Video on Demand, channel 602 on COGECO Digital Cable.
NEWS! Eat Local Challenge has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award in at the 2011 Yorkton Film festival in Saskatchewan.
The Cameron-Sheas
Andrea, Mike and Kieran
Read their blog postings from their challenge
Deborah Kimmett
Comedian/Improvisational Specialist/Author
View clips from "The Relevant Deborah Kimmett Comedy Show"
Deborah Kimmett lives on Amherst Island
Shaun, Bryna, Fillmore, Kerry and Kathy
The Engine Communications staff in Belleville
Read their blog postings from their challenge
Janette Haase, author of From Seed to Table: A practical guide to eating and growing green
Wendy Banks, owner of Wendy's Country and Mobile Market
Chef Chris Pengelly at the Milford Bistro in Prince Edward County
Luke Hayes-Alexander, chef at Luke's Gastronomy in Kingston
Rebecca LeHeup, executive director, Ontario Cullinary Tourism Alliance
Eat Local Challenge participant Deborah Kimmett on Day 1 of her challenge at Topsy farms on Amherst Island
Shawn is the Director of Promotions and Marketing for CHUM Radio Kingston. Shawn can also be heard on the air on 98.3 FLY FM, Monday-Saturday, 12pm-3pm.
Michael Pontbriand and Anne Blanchard are an award winning TVCOGECO television producing and writing team who live in Kingston, Ontario, an area abundant in sources of local meats and produce. In between raising their two children and tending to the ever expanding backyard vegetable garden, Michael and Anne also write and produce short dramatic films.
Inspired by 'Alice Water's Edible Schoolyard’, Anne is currently working on a project which will help students in local schools become more in touch with where the food they eat comes from.
Michael is currently working on a documentary series exploring the motivations of the modern marathon runner entitled 26.2 and Beyond: A Marathon Journey.
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