New Food System Report Card launched in Thunder Bay
Posted: January 27, 2023
Categories: GoodFoodBites
The Thunder Bay + Area Food Strategy has just launched an updated 2023 Community Food System Report Card, which provides a snapshot of the trends, challenges, and opportunities related to Thunder Bay’s regional food system.
A Community Food System Report Card assesses the food system as a whole, compiling local food data on the economic, environmental, and social factors included in food production, processing, retail, consumption, and waste or repurposing.
The role of the Thunder Bay + Area Community Food System Report Card is to assess the Thunder Bay regional food system as a whole by tracking changes to 119 indicators across seven different food system pillars: food access, forest & freshwater foods, food infrastructure, food procurement, food production, school food environments and urban agriculture. The updated 2023 data indicates what’s changed across the food systems compared to 2015 when the first Report Card was released.
The Report Card doesn’t provide a grade nor a pass/fail – rather, it presents a snapshot of the current food system with a call to action to get involved in building a more equitable and sustainable food system for all.
The Community Food System Report Card is presented in chapters representing the seven different food strategy pillars. Each chapter includes background context for that pillar, the indicators that were measured, observations, and highlights.