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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Soupstock | October 21 – Woodbine Park, Toronto

We all helped stop the Mega-Quarry

I'm proud to have been a small cog in the wheel that brought about this reversal.

Highland Companies withdraws controversial Mega-Quarry application
Company drops proposal to blast beneath farmland a month after 40,000 attend Soupstock protest


"The Mega-Quarry would have permanently destroyed more than 2,300 acres (930 hectares) of the best potato farmland in Ontario and require 600-million litres of water to be pumped out of the pit each day in perpetuity. Up to one million Ontarians downstream rely on this water."

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1 comment:

  1. The Mega-Quarry would have permanently destroyed more survival warehouse emergency food than 2,300 acres (930 hectares) of the best potato farmland in Ontario

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