Initiatives
Sustain Ontario collaborates with groups across Ontario (and sometimes Canada) to work on priority issues related to healthy food and sustainable agriculture. The initiatives that we’re working on are listed below. Contact us if you are interested in becoming involved.
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Sustain Ontario has some funding and capacity to support regional meetings in Ontario over the next two years. The purpose of these meetings can be to bring together groups that do not normally work together, build regional capacity, undergo a strategic planning process, identify important policy and/or research goals and/or other goals that the event [...]
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A 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 [...]
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Across Ontario groups are organizing to save small meat processing facilities. Check out links below to learn more about this issue and about how you can get involved. The Meat Press: Sustain Ontario’s Meat Blog Perspectives from across the province on meat processing, regulation, legislation, and more! Bringing Local Food Home: Legal, Regulatory, and Institutional [...]
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The Farmers’ Market Voucher working group is promoting the idea of vouchers for low-income eaters to be used at farmers’ markets. Below you will find farmers’ market voucher resources, including Canadian and U.S. program websites.
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Join Sustain Ontario in developing Good Food Policies for Ontario (formerly the Ontario Food Act). Good food policies have the potential to grow Ontario’s economy, reduce our health care spending, reduce our environmental impact, combat poverty, and improve our education system, and ensure a sustainable future for our province.. Support us in developing great policies [...]
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Ontario is growing good food ideas. Across Ontario people are more and more interested in healthy, local, sustainable food. If you are one of these people, you are part of the good food movement. READ our new Menu 2020 paper, part of the Metcalf Food Solutions series. ACT by becoming a good food citizen. EXPLORE [...]
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