Agenda’s released for Sustain Ontario’s Network Meetings: Sign up today and help create priorities for next year!

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Author: Shawna Moore

Posted: November 21, 2016

Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Opportunities

coc_conversation_myu-1The 5 network meetings are fast approaching! Register today and have your voice heard on how to shape Sustain Ontario for the coming year. The network meetings are focused on re-creating, defining, and determining upcoming priorities of both new and existing networks. We have now posted agendas for each meeting that give a quick outline of topics to be discussed, click the links below for the agendas.

Our current networks plus two new networks include:

Farmland and Agriculture Network: farming and agriculture organizations coming together to share ideas and knowledge and to craft responses to emerging policy issues.  Meeting is taking place on December 6th, 2016 at 10:00am 

Municipal Regional Food Policy Network: brings together planners, community organizers, public health professionals, farmers and food policy advocates to share ideas and knowledge in order to influence policy at the municipal or regional level. Meeting is taking place on December 1, 2016 at 2:00pm

Ontario Community Garden Network: brings together a variety of gardens and urban agriculture projects across the province. Meeting is taking place on December 7th, 2016 at 2:00pm

*New* Sustainable Food Enterprise Network: brings together people working at each level of the supply chain to bring local sustainable food products to Ontario’s tables.  The network will tackle barriers to financial sustainability in the local food sector, and explore innovative approaches to growing local food and farming businesses. Meeting is taking place on December 6, 2016 at 2:00pm

*New* Ontario Food Justice Network: bringing together a variety of organizations across the food movement working on food justice issues across the province with a specific focus on urban agriculture. Meeting is taking place on December 8, 2016 at 2:00pm

Network meetings are open to everyone who is interested in being a part of an Ontario wide collaborative. If you are currently in one of our networks or interested in joining, it is important to join the upcoming network meetings. At the meeting we will be determining the description of the networking, setting goals for 2017, and determining potential workshops or sessions for our upcoming conference Bring Food Home in Ottawa in 2017.

Please register for the meeting online. Due to limited spots, we ask that individuals from the same organization to please share one device to allow more organizations to attend.