Bring Food Home Regional Event – Canada’s Food Guide: Reconciling Food Security, Sustainable Diets and Agriculture
Posted: September 25, 2019
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario
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Bring Food Home October 10th
As one of our four Bring Food Home 2019 regional events, with support from Whole Foods Market, Just Food and the Algoma Rural Agri-Innovation Network are co-hosting a province-wide video-conference panel and discussion on the systems-wide consequences of Canada’s new Food Guide on Thursday, October 10th, from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., at the Just Food Farm in Ottawa (2391 Pepin Court) and in Algoma at the Water Tower Inn (360 Great Northern Rd, Sault Ste. Marie).
The Algoma event will then continue into the afternoon with more panels at the Water Tower Inn.
For more information and to register for the Ottawa event, visit the Eventbrite page here.
For more information and to register for the Algoma event, visit the Eventbrite page here.
How will the new food guide shape our food systems, or change where we get our food? And what does this mean for agriculture across our region – for producers, community organizations, government and eaters?
Morning Panel
- Ron Bonnett (former president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture)
- Dr. June Matthews (Registered Dietitian, Professional Home Economist, Associate Professor, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences Brescia University College)
- Moe Garahan (Executive Director, Just Food)
- Joce Two Crows, Community Earthworker, Ojibiikaan
Afternoon Sessions
Food System Planning in Northern Communities
With changing consumer preferences, market uncertainty and disruptive innovative technologies. How can urban, rural and Indigenous communities plan for a food system that is responsive to farmers, harvesters and people living in northern communities?
- Jessica McLaughlin, David Thompson, Frank Belleau and Peter Tonazzo
Engaging International Talent in the Agri-Food Sector
Finding labour is becoming increasingly challenging in the agri-food sector. How can the sector engage new Canadians for a stronger agri-food sector?
- Franco Naccarato, Adrian DeVuono, George Khoury