Report on the Forum on Food Security and Nutrition among First Nations Communities in New Brunswick First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) are among Canada’s most vulnerable populations and face a unique set of challenges related to nutritious food access, availability and use compared to the majority of Canadians. As a consequence, FNMI are at...Read More

After compiling and analyzing the contents of over one hundred school menus from around the province as part of their second Make Menus Matter project, New Brunswick’s doctors and dietitians are releasing their findings to the public. Read More… Click here for the full report. 01/25/2015 New Brunswick Medical SocietyRead More

A week after releasing an in-depth analysis of school cafeteria menus from around the province, New Brunswick’s doctors and dietitians are recognizing schools serving exceptional food with a “Where to Eat” guide. The guide is the final component of this year’s Make Menus Matter project, undertaken jointly by the New Brunswick Medical Society and NB...Read More

Are you thinking of digging in a new garden in the spring, or looking for ideas on how to expand your impact? Are you dealing with some challenges with garden design, summer care and connections to school curriculum? Be sure to join the Ontario Edible Education Network for this exciting discussion on School Food Gardens. Sunday...Read More

Protocols for measuring the outcomes and impacts of community gardens and urban farms This Toolkit is designed to help you measure and track the activities and outputs in your farm and garden according to five categories: Food Production Data, Environmental Data, Social Data, Health Data, and Economic Data. Each of these sections contains specific methods...Read More

Food activist Joshna Maharaj says delicious Ontario-grown food is waiting for you—all you have to do is ask. Joshna Maharaj has a message for anyone who’s suffered the disappointment of hospital food. “Be angrier on that feedback form! Tell them exactly how you feel.” Problem is, she says, you get that feedback card after your...Read More

What happens when you give Ontario school kids the choice to eat healthier locally sourced food? This past December, 270 grade sixes from neighbouring elementary schools descended on Guelph’s St. James Catholic High School, home of a groundbreaking local-food-focused hospitality program, to sample snacks cooked up by the high school’s hospitality students. For a whole...Read More

Photo: Laura Berman, Greenfuse Photography Good healthy food for all – this is the mandate in which FoodShare bases all of their work. Working with communities and schools since 1985 to deliver healthy food and food education, FoodShare has a number of projects and initiatives that work to increase access to affordable high-quality fresh food....Read More

Food Matters Manitoba has been able to be involved in the Small Scale Food Manitoba working group to create a report and advise the province on opportunities to support local food in Manitoba. We are pleased to see more being done to support a healthy and diverse local food system. Food Matters Manitoba Read the...Read More

As part of new project this winter, we were able to get approval to process, cook, serve, and enjoy wild goose meat! With the overpopulation of Canada Geese right now, and hunting limits up to control population, there is an abundance of delicious and traditional protein available. Problem is, regulations make it tricky for both...Read More