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Toronto Food Policy Council seeking new members
The Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) is seeking 3-5 new members to add to their dynamic council of 30. The TFPC seeks members with a combination of characteristics: Ability to speak knowledgeably of...
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Just Food’s 2019 Start-up Farm Program accepting applications until Nov. 18
Are you in the Ottawa area and interested in growing food for your local community? Just Food’s 2019 Start-up Farm Program is accepting applications until midnight on November 18, 2018! Just Foo...
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Webinar Recording: Roots to Harvest ‘Forest Meets Farm’ School Food Pilot Project
The first webinar in a two-part series on Roots to Harvest’s Forest Meets Farm school food pilot project was held on October 30, 2018, and you can now view a recording of the webinar (also bel...
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Funding Opportunity for Root & Shoots Youth Action Projects
The Jane Goodall Institute currently has a funding opportunity for youth-led projects through their A.P.E Fund (Animals, People and the Environment), which funds Root & Shoots youth action project...
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Nominations open for 2019 Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards
Nominations are now open for the 2019 Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards! Worth $100,000 each, the prizes are awarded to individuals or groups ensuring future food security for the planet through re...
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Meal Exchange launches Good Food Challenge, calling on Canadian campuses to serve healthy, sustainable and ethical food
Meal Exchange, a national charity working to increase food security and sustainability on postsecondary campuses across Canada, announced this week the launch of the Good Food Challenge, advocating fo...
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Windsor-Essex Food System Community Conversations
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and the Windsor-Essex Food Policy Council, with support from the WindsorEssex Community Foundation, have begun hosting community conversations around their local f...
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CFCC to host a conversation with author and culinary historian Michael W. Twitty
Community Food Centres Canada is hosting a conversation with culinary historian Michael W. Twitty about his book The Cooking Gene on Wednesday, November 14 in Toronto at Revival Bar. Tickets are $25...
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Live Streaming Available for Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week 2019
Producers from across the province and beyond are invited to attend the Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Agricultural Conference in 2019 via live streaming. The Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week (GBFW) Agricultura...
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The Benefits of Farm to School: Evidence from Canada
As part of 2018’s Farm to School Month celebrations, Farm to Cafeteria Canada (F2CC) has released the much-anticipated fact sheet, The Benefits of Farm to School: Evidence from Canada. For the f...
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Advancing Local Food Procurement Event for BPS Municipalities & Post-Secondary Institutions
The Greenbelt Fund is hosting an interactive event in Milton to support Municipalities, School Boards and Post-Secondary Institutions in their local food procurement goals and actions on Tuesday, Nove...
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Local Food Literacy Roundtable Discussion
During Ontario Agriculture Week earlier this month, the Greenbelt Fund hosted a Local Food Literacy roundtable event to facilitate the sharing of experience and insights of tracking and measuring resu...