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Upcoming Event: Eating Our Way to a Flourishing Future
On November 26th at 7 pm, farmer Harry Stoddart will be delivering a presentation, which will also include a Q & A session, on the impact of our food choices on our future. The presentation will t...
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Local Food Act Unites Urban and Rural Ontario for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
by Ravi Singh Our food choices produce a wide range of consequences, not just to our individual health. The effects of where we spend our dollars on food trickle back to our communities and to our nat...
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Ontario Passes Local Food Act
In a major victory and step forward for Ontario’s local food movement, the Local Food Act – now officially named Bill 36: An Act to enact the Local Food Act, 2013 and to amend the Taxation Act...
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Questionnaire on Menu Labelling and Marketing of Unhealthy Food to Children
The Ontario government is soliciting public opinion on menu labelling and the marketing of unhealthy food to children. A survey has been constructed as part of Ontario’s Action Plan for Health C...
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Community Food Centres Canada Fighting for Greater Food Education and Empowerment Across Communities
The Stop Community Food Centre in Toronto strives to increase access to healthy foods while also maintaining dignity, health, and a sense of community. Though it began as a simple food bank, the Stop ...
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Student Nutrition Programs and Procurement Targets Major Focus at Local Food Act Committee Hearing
1. Education Emphasized in Local Food Act Committee Hearings As previously reported by Sustain Ontario, the Local Food Act has now reached committee and hearings have begun. On October 22nd, th...
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Food and Water First Campaign Fights for Prime Farmland in Ontario
Canadian actress Rachel McAdams has joined forces with Ontario farmers and leading chefs for the Food and Water First Campaign, which supports regulations for the protection of prime farmland in Ontar...
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Farming in Ontario’s Greenbelt: Possibility Grows Here
Farming in Ontario’s Greenbelt: Possibility Grows Here is the fifteenth in a series of occasional papers by the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation exploring key issues related to strengthening...
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World Food Day 2013 Demands Action on Sustainability and Food Security Worldwide
World Food Day Highlights Sustainability and Food Security Today marks the 32nd year of World Food Day, established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a day to rai...