Local Food Use and Food Literacy Webinar: What We Heard from Child Care and Student Nutrition Programs
Posted: May 24, 2019
Categories: GoodFoodBites / Webinars
As part of their Unpacking Food Literacy series, the Nutrition Resource Centre is hosting an upcoming webinar, Local Food Use and Food Literacy: What We Heard from Child Care and Student Nutrition Programs, on Thursday, May 30, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. EDT.
The webinar will highlight findings from the research project undertaken by the Nutrition Resource Centre at the Ontario Public Health Association, in collaboration with the Greenbelt Fund and the Food Innovation & Research Studio (FIRSt) at George Brown College (GBC) and the Helderleigh Foundation.
The project investigated the knowledge, attitudes and awareness of local food use and food literacy among food suppliers, caterers and key influencers of young children in Ontario.
The webinar will help participants:
- Understand the distribution of local food by suppliers and caterers to meal and snack programs serving young children
- Learn about attitudes towards local foods and food literacy among food providers of young children
- Understand the challenges, barriers and opportunities to providing local food and food literacy in early child settings
- Learn about resources used by or desired by food providers and educators of young children to incorporate local and healthy foods in their meal and snack programs and to support food literacy activities targeted to young children and their parents and caregivers
Register for the webinar and learn more here.