Welcome. The project started from a placement at university. Looking at the situation of school gardens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. There are many pieces of the puzzle and eco-justice, social justice, food security and education all find a home at my Blog.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Ten Ideas for accessing healthy food.

Ten ideas for accessing healthy food in Ontario from the Metcalf foundation (http://www.metcalffoundation.com/)
  • Set up a school food program and include food literacy in the curriculum
  • Support community food centres, where meals and supplies are offered, and teach healthy eating habits
  • Boost urban agriculture by making space available for growing and processing on city-owned or institutional land
  • Help local producers through means such as tax reforms or setting a floor price
  • Expand purchasing by schools, hospitals and other public institutions of local, sustainably produced food
  • Create regional food clusters, linking producers with small- and medium-sized food processors
  • Build the case for linking good food with good health.
  • Develop ways to help farmers who grow organic produce or do on-farm processing sell their goods
  • Implement a province-wide program to link farming with ecological efforts
  • Plan for the future of farming and food, by dealing with zoning and taxation issues

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