Contact Us
Sustain Ontario – the Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 364, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8
Email: info@sustainontario.com
Phone: 647.348.0235
Co-Chairs
| Karen Hutchinson | Executive Director, Caledon Countryside Alliance |
| Byan Gilvesy | Owner, Y U RanchChair, Norfolk County ALUS Pilot Project |
Steering Committee
| Lauren Baker | Manager, Toronto Food Policy Council, Toronto Public Health |
| Kathryn Scharf | Program Director, The Stop Community Food Centre |
| Rod MacRae | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University |
| Christie Young | Executive Director, FarmStart |
| Moe Garahan | Director, Just Food Ottawa |
Advisory Council
| Devorah Belinsky | Eastern Canada Program Manager, Breakfast Clubs of Canada |
| Ann Bell | Director of Conservation and Education, Ontario Nature |
| Joan Brady | Women’s President, National Farmers Union |
| Karen Burson | Project Manager, Hamilton Eat Local, Environment Hamilton |
| Aimee Carson | Community Food Project Manager, Evergreen |
| Erin Chapelle | Proprietor, Karma Marketplace |
| Kathy Chaumont | Agente de développement, RDEE Ontario |
| David Cohlmeyer | Sustainable Foods Consultant |
| Linda Crago | Farmer, Tree and Twig |
| Jeff Crump | Partner and Executive Chef, Landmark Group |
| Linda Davies | Executive Director, London Community Resource Centre |
| Nick Ferri | Chair, Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee Owner, Big Apple Farm |
| Voula Halliday | Slow Food Toronto |
| Meredith Hayes | Senior Manager, Student Nutrition and School Program FoodShare |
| Bridget King | Member, Sudbury Food Connections |
| Jodi Koberinski | Executive Director, Organic Council of Ontario |
| Pat Learmonth | Director, Farms at Work |
| Joseph Leblanc | True North Community Co-op |
| Rebecca LeHeup | Executive Director, Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance |
| Elisa Levi | The Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples |
| Anan Lololi | Afri-Can FoodBasket |
| Tom Manley | Owner and Operator, Homestead Organics |
| Theresa McClenaghan | Executive Director and Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association |
| Connie Nelson | Professor, Lakehead University, Food Security Research Network |
| Jamie Reaume | Executive Director, Holland Marsh Growers’ Association |
| Wayne Roberts | Consultant, wayneroberts.ca |
| Lynn Roblin | Nutrition Consultant, Dietitians of Canada |
| Ann Slater | National Farmers Union |
| Lori Stahlbrand | President, Local Food Plus |
| Heather Thoma | Farmer, LoonSong Garden |
| David Thompson | NORDIK Institute |
| Elbert van Donkersgoed | Consultant, |
Staff
Director – Ravenna Nuaimy-Barker
ravenna@sustainontario.ca
Phone: 416.890.0937
Ravenna brings over ten years of experience working on food and agriculture issues and environmental policy to Sustain Ontario. For six years Ravenna worked at FoodShare. In this position, Ravenna designed, developed, and fundraised for a wide variety of programs; consulted with community groups and government decision makers on policy issues; and organized and supported a number of local, provincial, and national networks. Ravenna has also worked for the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy and for Public Interest Research Groups in the U.S. She has a Masters of Urban Planning from York University.
Program Coordinator – Carolyn Young
Phone: 647.839.4030
Carolyn comes to Sustain Ontario with over 6 years of experience working on food, farming and environmental policy issues. She has worked on farms and farming issues in four provinces in addition to visiting countless others in Canada and abroad as an Independent Organic Inspector. More recently, Carolyn has been coordinating urban agriculture projects in Toronto at Greenest City and The Stop Community Food Centre; conducting food policy research in Toronto and Hamilton; and supporting policy change through several networks and advocacy groups including the Toronto Farmers’ Market Network and the Toronto Community Garden Network. She studied Environmental Science and Rural Extension in Guelph and has a Masters in Environmental Studies.
Program Facilitator – Sasha McNicoll
Phone: 647.770.8388
Sasha has a degree in English Language and History from UBC and is currently completing a Master’s in Environmental Studies at York University. She works for both Sustain Ontario and Food Secure Canada doing Francophone outreach, communications and event planning. She recently lived in Amsterdam, where she completed a Media Analysis and Production internship in the Communications department of Greenpeace International.