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New National Food Policy Supported by #Budget2019
from Lynn Roblin, MSc. RD, Senior Policy Consultant Nutrition Resource Centre, Ontario Public Health Association Sustain Ontario Board of Directors The federal government introduces its first ever Foo...
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Ontario Establishes New Local Food Goal for the Broader Public Sector
On March 18, 2019, the Ontario government announced the final goal of the Local Food Act, 2013, with an aim to remove red tape barriers and open the door for local food in the broader public sector,...
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Climate Resilient Food System Solutions: An Urban/Rural Discussion March 23rd
The National Farmers Union-Ontario, Oasis Food Hub and Conscious Minds Co-op are co-hosting an upcoming event, Climate Resilient Food System Solutions: An Urban/Rural Discussion on Saturday, March 23,...
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Growing Farm to School in Ontario: workshop explores solutions to common challenges
On February 28, 2019, Sustain Ontario hosted an interactive Farm to School (F2S) Workshop in partnership with the George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, which brought together ...
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Meal Exchange hiring National Good Food Campus Lead
Meal Exchange is currently hiring a full-time National Good Food Campus Lead to work in their Toronto office for a 12-month contract, with the opportunity to extend. The Good Food Campus lead will be...
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Get ready for 2019’s Great Big Crunch on March 28th!
Are you ready to make some noise for healthy school food?! Another Great Big Crunch is fast approaching on March 28th! The Great Big Crunch is a national movement and annual moment of anti-silence in ...
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Save the Date: Urban Agriculture in Review panel March 28th
Toronto Urban Growers, the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects, Carrot City, and the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University are hosting an upcoming event, Urban Agriculture ...
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Canadian Agricultural Partnership to begin accepting applications March 22nd
Ontario and the federal government have announced that between March 22, 2019, and May 6, 2019, farmers and other businesses will be able to once again apply for support under the Canadian Agricultura...
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Protecting Farmland – Tools & Strategies Q&A Discussion March 7th
The Ontario Farmland Trust and Environment Hamilton invite you to join them on the evening of Thursday, March 7, in Stoney Creek to discuss whitebelt lands, provincial policies, Farmland Easements Ag...
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Online questionnaire for farmers: economic and social impacts of direct farm marketing in Canada
A research team at Laval University has launched an online questionnaire looking at direct farm marketing and short supply chains for a research project titled ‘Assumed virtues or tangible benef...
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Nourish Food for Health Symposium early-bird registration
Early-bird registration is available for the Nourish Food for Health Symposium, taking place on May 15-16 at Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto. The two-day symposium is a meeting place for healthcare an...
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Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance — book now available free online
FLEdGE Research has just announced the release of a new book by Peter Andrée, Jill K. Clark, Charles Z. Levkoe and Kristen Lowitt, Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance, an ope...