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A Dozen Local Food Heroes on What a Pandemic Teaches

July 3, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: British Columbians have responded with enthusiasm for local food during the public health crisis. Can we build on what we’ve learned, and make it stick? Photo: Jamil Rhajiak, UBC Farm. We asked: What has COVID-19 shown you about making our food system better? If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught all of us,...

Jun

Chef Joshna Maharaj believes institutional food could be tasty and nourishing

June 2, 2020F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, In the News

Photo: Joshna Maharaj’s book Take Back the Tray: Revolutionising Food in Hospitals, Schools and Institutions is a call-to-arms for chefs and administrators alike. (@joshnamaharaj/Twitter.com, ECW Press) Why hospital food is so bad and how we can make it better May 29, 2020 www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition Is there anything more unappetizing than hospital food? The very mention of it...

Jun

Reflections about Canada’s first National Farm to School Conference

June 25, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, F2S Conference, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Home Page Blog Feed, Stories from the field

An interview with Joanne Bays, National Director, Farm to Cafeteria Canada In May, nearly 300 leaders from across North America gathered in Victoria BC to take part in Canada’s first National Farm to School Conference – an event designed to illuminate and inspire activity to get more local healthy foods in the minds and on the plates of students....

Mar

Feed BC Brings More B.C. Food to Interior Health

March 20, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Funding, In the News, Policy

A new initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture ensures more of the food served to patients at Interior Health facilities is from British Columbia. Feed BC is increasing the institutional procurement of food grown, harvested or processed by B.C. farmers, fishers and processors. “Feed BC is a game changer. It’s about working collaboratively to encourage,...

Mar

Budget 2019: Canada Gets a National Food Policy

March 20, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Funding, Home Page Blog Feed, In the News, Policy, Stories from the field

Canada’s long-awaited national food policy is getting $134.4 million over five years, on a cash basis, starting next year, the Trudeau government says. The policy, outlined in Budget 2019, will focus on tackling food waste, improving community access to healthy food, shining a spotlight on Canadian food both at home and abroad, and increasing food...

Mar

First Nations Traditional Foods Fact Sheets

March 14, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Indigenous, Publications

The First Nations Health Authority has published a informative set of facts sheets on traditional food and it’s nutrition value, traditional harvesting methods, and history of use. Topics include: Fish Salmon Eulachon Herring Seafood in general Bivalves Moose Deer Small Mammals Birds Seaweed Roots Berries Plants along with a Recipes section! READ FACT SHEETS

Jan

Why Farm-to-Institution Sourcing is the Sleeping Giant of Local Food

January 25, 2019F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Farms, Stories from the field

Strategists are following the money to schools, corporate cafeterias, and hospitals in hopes of rebuilding local economies and bringing healthy food access—literally in through the back door. The next time someone points to the need for more farmers’ markets as a way to help move local food from a trend to a substantive cultural shift,...

Dec

She’s Planting the Seeds of Indigenous Food Sovereignty

December 10, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Baby Magnus gets a taste of siák̓vṇaɫ courtesy of his grandfather Larry and his mother Jessie Housty. Photo by Ian Gill. How Jessie Housty feeds the growth of her Heiltsuk culture and community. “I want to stress that we have no idea what we are doing.” So says ’Cúagilákv Jessie Housty, a self-described “community...

Sep

Reframing Healthy Food in Health Care Webinar

September 13, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Healthcare, Videos, Webinar

The question of what qualifies as “healthy” food is highly contested in health care and beyond. This conversation is alive and well in our leadership cohort, and we want to engage it publicly. At the Reframing Healthy Food in Heath Care webinar we brought together diverse perspectives from three thought-leaders to explore how hospitals and...

Jul

Foodshare 2017: A Year in Review

July 31, 2018F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field

In 2017, we settled in to our new home. We mulled over a lot of ideas. We made some tough choices. And we continued working to advance “Good Food for All” in neighbourhoods across Toronto. We invite you to see our 2017 impacts in this report. Thank you to everyone who supported us in 2017!...