“Flowers bring people joy,” says Tish Oldreive, who turned a passion project into a thriving organic flower business. Every day, Tish Oldreive rises with the sun to work in her flower fields at Ignatius Farm in the north end of Guelph.
Read about her story in Guelph Today here, written by Maxine Betteridge-Moes.
A seed grows but a tree falls with huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence…grow silently. -unknown
Read September’s issue of the IJC Voice here. Lots to read in this summer issue of the IJC Voice! We grieve those who passed and are grateful for their contributions to the Centre. Be sure to check out volunteer opportunities and upcoming events…one of which is challenging you to “find your ‘inner squirrel'”! Enjoy this issue!
2019-07 IJC VoiceGod speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer. – Mother Teresa
Read the July-August issue of the IJC Voice here.
See the Old-Growth Forest Project’s invite to recognize the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s funding support and the growth & success of the project over the last two years. Check out upcoming retreats at Loyola House! Have you signed up for a vegetable share with Ignatius Farm? Read about these and so much more in this issue!
…hiking trails and a place to get away without travelling too far away.
Read about Ignatius Farm’s Spring Field Day by Joanne Shuttleworth in GuelphToday.com! Read it here.
Ignatius Farm & CSA is vying to have its greenhouse retrofit project be amongst the top 50 vote-getting projects in the nation-wide Aviva Community Fund campaign. Aviva will award the top 50 projects $10,000 each. We will upgrade our greenhouse, the life force of our Farm.
Please register and vote. Ask family and friends too. The Aviva Campaign attracts very inspiring community projects. You can help us win for our community. Voting takes place September 25 through October 4.
Registrations for CSA and garden plots now open!
Ignatius Farm at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre on the northern outskirts of Guelph wants to extend its organic community shared agriculture (CSA) bounty more widely in the city.
Heather Lekx of Ignatius Farm on Employees, Interns, and Farming with Jesuits.
Out with October! We’ve got a winter to attend to… find out how to make Beet Salad, a yummy side dish. Learn more here.
