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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