Perspectives on good food and farming
February 24, 2010
Ontario Pork gets marketing powers back
In October, 2008, the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission took away the powers of Ontario Pork. Yesterday the Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal gave them back. The Tribunal’s 29-page ruling, released late yesterday, re-instates Regulation 419, which required producers [...]
Perspectives on good food and farming
February 23, 2010
Are locavores for real?
Is the flurry of interest in locally grown, locally raised and locally processed food just a passing fad? Not likely — the food sector is a long way from meeting the wants of locavores. I’ve heard all the arguments downplaying the trend towards local: [...]
February 22, 2010
The U.S. Food Environment Atlas
Food environment factors—such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics—interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research is beginning to document the complexity of these interactions, but more is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions.
· To assemble statistics [...]
February 17, 2010
Urban food strategy unveiled
David McKeown is out to change the way you think about food. What you eat, where it comes from, where you buy it and how you consume it. Toronto’s Board of Health is unveiling a wide-ranging food strategy whose broad and lofty goals include creating “food-friendly neighbourhoods,” connecting city-dwelling [...]
Perspectives on good food and farming
February 16, 2010
Minister Visits Award Winning Riverside Market (UK)
Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, said: “There are numerous benefits attached to farmers markets from environmental benefits such as reducing food miles to encouraging healthy eating and boosting the local economy. “Through buying locally sourced food and drink, we are minimising [...]
Perspectives on good food and farming
February 11, 2010
Food author pushes for national food policy in Guelph speech
Canadians are aware of the country’s broken food system and need a national food policy. It was the message delivered by author Margaret Webb at the 2009 Organic Agricultural Conference’s keynote address Saturday. Her book Apples to Oysters [...]
February 10, 2010
Tougher rules threaten local meat industry with extinction
The owner-operators of Mogk’s Custom Killing and Butcher Shop south of Tavistock are awaiting a crucial meeting Monday with a food safety inspector they fear could close them down. Ken Mogk, 73, who has been operating his small abattoir for 20 years, said if he [...]
January 28, 2010
Get Canucked: Canadian Cuisine from LA to London
What is Canadian Cuisine? Think about a melting pot of British, American, German, Ukrainian, etc. cuisines with a healthy dose of the locavore movement and a love for all things hot and filling. Best eaten on days when the weather outside is frightful, Canadian Cuisine is, [...]
January 27, 2010
Models and Best Practices for Building Effective Local Food Systems in Ontario
To eat is to participate in a global system, but few of us understand how this system works and our role within it. On the one hand, we have witnessed the rise of a streamlined, vertically-integrated system. On the other hand, alternative [...]
January 25, 2010
Can local food jump-start the economy?
After a long period of ambiguity, the verdict is in on how much locally owned businesses promote economic development. More than a dozen studies have shown that every dollar spent at a locally owned business generates two to four times the income, wealth and jobs than at [...]
