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Ontario Food and Nutrition Strategy by Sustain OntarioAbout the StrategyA coordinated, cross-ministerial approach to food policies and programming has tremendous potential to make sure that Ontario’s future is one of healthy people, a strong economy, resilient ecological systems, well educated kids and much more. The Ontario Collaborative Group on Healthy Eating and Physical Activity has started a process to create a provincial food and nutrition strategy. Sustain Ontario is pleased to have joined Design Team that is helping to create this strategy. What’s Happening NowBetween April 24th and May 31 there will be an initial consultation on an early draft of the food strategy. Groups who would be involved in the implementation of the strategy are invited to provide input into the strategy. This includes farmers and farm groups, individuals and groups involved in community-based food programs, public health and nutrition professionals, food businesses, and government partners. The revised draft strategy will be re-circulated in June for more feedback. To learn more, please contact strategy@sustainontario.ca. The goal of this consultation is to gather more ideas to include, to get a sense of what areas are commonly shared priorities, to get a sense of what is not widely supported, and to gather evidence and stories in support of the recommendations. Get InformedWant to learn what’s happened to-date to bring this strategy to life? Read these background documents, reports and presentations.
Why a Strategy, Why Now?Ontario’s food system is in crisis, but also can provide solutions for many of the challenges facing our province today. Farmers are not able to make an adequate income farming, while eaters aren’t able to access the food that they need to be healthy. We have a farm income crisis, an obesity crisis, a chronic disease crisis, and challenges in the food-processing sector. At the same time, food and farming is the single largest employer in the province with tremendous potential for further expansion and growth, and dietary i Take a Permaculture Design Workshop or CourseWhen: May – October 2012 Manitoulin Permaculture’s 6-month, 120 hour permaculture design certificate has been created to provide those who are interested in living and breathing sustainability into all they do with the knowledge and skills to do so. Join us this year for a healthy dose of reading landscapes, working with water, building soil and cob ovens, composting, installing solar panels, designing food forests, working on design projects and much more! The most common format of a permaculture design certificate is a two-week, 72-hour course. While adequate to cover the required material, it limits time for hands-on learning and leaves little chance to catch one’s breath or integrate the material covered. Manitoulin Permaculture’s extended version is designed to give more time for: observing through the seasons, hands-on learning, Q & A, going further with the subject material and connecting with others. Each weekend runs from Friday at 1pm to Sunday at 3pm
Harbourside Organic Farmers Market Founded in 2007 by members of the Oakville Sustainable Food Partnership (OSFP), the HOFM was originally part of the Kerr Village Organic Market but moved to its current site and focused more on sustainable practices and organic products. WE’RE MOVING TO THE WHOLE FOODS TERRACE!! In 2012, the Harbourside Organic Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays (June 16 to October 27). Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Whole Foods Market, our new location is on the terrace in front of Whole Foods Oakville . (301 Cornwall Rd.) |
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Every Saturday during harvest season, the Harbourside Organic Farmers’ Market (HOFM) features a fabulous assortment of foods from local, sustainable farmers. Much more than just a farmers’ market, this is a sustainable market that recognizes the needs of the community and the farmers from the grassroots up. Families make their weekly trek from Oakville and beyond, seeking to meet the sustainable growers and producers and purchase their quality food and crafts.
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