Alliance for healthy, just and sustainable food & farming

Three Wins for Local and Sustainable Food

Things looking a bit different?
Nope, you're not on the wrong site – we're updating our look and content! Keep your eyes peeled for more changes!

Author: Jenn

Posted: October 3, 2011

Categories: News from Sustain Ontario / Vote ON Food and Farming 2011

By Farrah Khan, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

No matter who leads our province after the October 6th election, we need to send a message to our politicians about the importance of promoting locally grown, sustainable food.

Our government can easily legislate policies for local and sustainable food procurement targets for government agencies and can also make it easier for all Ontarians to buy organic food grown nearby. Doing so will be a boon to this industry and will also help in our battle against climate change and illness.

Food and the Economy:

Buying fresh local apples instead of imports is an obvious benefit for Ontario’s economy. It’s in the best interest of our government to encourage the purchase of local food to promote Ontario’s businesses and create jobs.

Food and the Planet

Buying produce grown closer to home uses less fuel and saves on transportation costs, while at the same time spewing fewer greenhouse gases and noxious chemicals into the air. Reductions in water, pesticides and energy use in ecological farming practices ensure we are making efficient choices with our provinces treasured resources, which further reduces our impact on the planet.

Food and Health

Certain agricultural pesticides are linked to neurological illness and cancer and are a threat to wildlife and human health. Organic farmers use non-toxic pest control methods, so when buying local sustainable food, we can be confident about serving safe and nutritious meals to our families.

Local, sustainable food policies will boost our economy, improve our health and save our planet. Let your local candidates know why food should be on the agenda this election and be sure to keep the discussion going even after the polls close.

Farrah Khan is a Campaigner for the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). Help doctors protect the planet – visit us online, on twitter or on facebook.

Learn how to voteONfood.

3 responses to “Three Wins for Local and Sustainable Food”

  1. Whg007 says:
    October 3, 2011 at 8:26 pm

    OCTOBER 3RD, 2010

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR

    RESPONSE TO FARRAH KHAN

    SUSTAIN ONTARIO BLOG

    PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

     

     

    According to Farrah Khan 
    ―  « Local, sustainable food
    policies will boost our economy, improve our health and save our planet. »

     

    We are well aware of her organization’s policy of REPEATING
    THE SAME NON–EXPERT DRIVEL OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

     

    So far, Khan and her buddies have LEFT QUITE A LEGACY in
    Ontario  ―

     

    ●   LOST JOBS and HARDSHIP for people

     

    ●   DESTROYED economies

     

    ●   WEAKENED communities

     

    ●   DANGEROUS playgrounds maintained like
    GARBAGE DUMPS

     

    ●   ANXIOUS children FEARING modern technology

     

    ●   WASTED MONEY on PROHIBITION CONSPIRACIES

     

    Activists, like Khan, who are employed at Canadian
    Association of Physicians for the Environment, are DESPERATE for a McGuinty
    VICTORY, otherwise, their GREEN JOBS WILL NOT BE SAFE AND SECURE.

     

    In the event of a McGuinty DEFEAT  ―  NO
    MORE FREE MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT GRANTS.

     

    The McGuinty regime is the POLITICAL SHIELD for Anti–Pesticide
    and Enviro–Lunatic Terror–Activists like Farrah Khan.

     

    Through the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the McGuinty Regime
     SQUANDERED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE
    SUBVERSIVE ANTI–PESTICIDE CONSPIRACY leading to PROHIBITION.

     

    In fact, McGuinty MISAPPROPRIATED OVER 2,000,000 DOLLARS !

     

    McGuinty gave, TAX–FREE to Canadian Association of Physicians
    for the Environment, 255,000 DOLLARS from 2002 to 2007.

     

    This FREE TAX–EXEMPT MONEY helped pay for a LARGE CHUNK of
    Khan’s salary as a NON–EXPERT secretary who worked for an organization that
    TERRORIZED and DESTROYED the Professional Lawn Care Industry.

     

    Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
    CONSPIRED to ANNIHILATE the entire Modern Professional Lawn Care Industry by
    PROMOTING the NEEDLESS, SENSELESS, and MALICIOUS PROHIBITION of pest control
    products.

     

    In fact, pest control products are  …

     

    ●   Health–Canada–Approved

     

    ●   Federally–Legal

     

    ●   Safe For Children  *

     

    ●   Scientifically–Safe

     

    ●   Practically–Non–Toxic

     

    ●   Cause No Harm

     

    ●   Do Not Cause Cancer

     

    ●   Enhance the Urban Landscape

     

    ●   Good for the Environment

     

    * 
    Except when stored improperly in the home.

     

    Ontario Anti–Pesticide PROHIBITION led to LOSS OF REVENUES,
    BUSINESS FAILURES, BANKRUPTCY, and UNEMPLOYMENT, inflicting TERROR, DESPAIR,
    and DESTITUTION on THOUSANDS of hapless victims throughout the Professional
    Lawn Care Industry.

     

    Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment is a
    VAST FUND–RAISING MILLIONAIRE MULTI–MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT–MAKING MACHINE
    operated by a handful of Enviro–Lunatic–Activists, like Khan, who are PAID–FOR–PROFIT
    as SUBVERSIVE LOBBYISTS.

     

    Even now, within the City of Toronto, the recently–elected Mayor
    Ford is CLEANING HIS MUNICIPAL HOUSE, and organizations like Toronto
    Environmental Alliance are LOSING THEIR FREE GOVERNMENT MONEY.

     

    Activists at Toronto Environmental Alliance are being
    TERMINATED FROM EMPLOYMENT at a rate of ONE–PER–WEEEK.

     

    A DEFEAT of the McGuinty Regime will mean that secretaries
    like Farrah Khan will also be TOSSED OUT of Canadian Association of Physicians
    for the Environment.

     

    Khan will hopefully feel the SAME TERROR, DESPAIR, and
    DESTITUTION that she and her buddies INFLICTED on THOUSANDS OF HAPLESS VICTIMS
    throughout the Professional Lawn Care Industry.

     

    Get OFF Our grASS, and Roast In The Unemployment Line ( and
    In Hell ).

     

     

    WILLIAM H. GATHERCOLE AND NORAH G

     

    National Organization Responding Against HUJE that seek to
    harm the Green Space Industry ( NORAHG ).

     

    NORAHG is a NATIONAL NON–PROFIT NON–PARTISAN organization
    representing RESPECTED and HIGHLY–RATED TRUE EXPERTS who promote PESTICIDE–REALISM
    and PESTICIDE–TRUTHS  ―  scientific research PROVES that pest control
    products CAUSE NO HARM and can be USED SAFELY.

     

    HUJE are enviro–lunatics, anti–pesticide activists, and lawn–haters,
    who particularly DESPISE the golf industry. 
    They are Hateful Underhanded Jokes as Environmentalists who have been
    WRONG FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 

     

     

    FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO THE PESTICIDE TRUTHS WEB–SITE  …

     

    It is a LIBRARY OF REPORTS that contains History, Links,
    News, Audios, and Videos with ALL Force Of Nature and Pesticide Truths reports,
    and information right–off–the–press, in Black & White Documents

     

    http://pesticidetruths.com/

     

    &

     

    http://uncleadolph.blogspot.com/

     

    QUICK DOWNLOAD of ALL Force Of Nature reports in Full Colour
    Documents

     

    http://pesticidetruths.com/toc/

  2. Logan J. Skew says:
    November 30, 2012 at 12:46 am

    Solar power is renewable source of energy and its clean and safe for environment. We can use it for immense time, we just need to know how.

    Ontario PV products

Leave a Reply

From Weeneebeg and Washaybeyoh, to Akwesasne
to Gichigamiin, (lands called Ontario)
info@sustainontario.com | 613-824-7771 (messages only)