Accessing Canadian Food

FoodShare

Today you will gain a deeper understanding of the programs run by FoodShare and how they help us access healthy, local food. Using the handouts provided from the FoodShare website, find the information below.

What is FoodShare?

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Search the FoodShare website for the programs listed below in the left-hand column of the chart. In the spaces provided, describe each program and identify how the program might address one or more of the four barriers we discussed in class (Environment, Economy, Culture, Politics).

Program Description of Program (2 to 3 key points + examples)

Barrier Addressed (Environment, Economy, Culture, Politics). Explain how.

Recipe for Change

“The first supermarket supposedly appeared on the American landscape in 1946. That is not very long ago. Until then, where was all the food? Dear folks, the food was in homes, gardens, local fields, and forests. It was near kitchens, near tables, near bedsides. It was in the pantry, the cellar, the backyard.” ― Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World

Program Description of Program (2 to 3 key points + examples)

Barrier Addressed (Environment, Economy, Culture, Politics). Explain how.

Community Gardens

Hunger Relief

Good Food Box

School Gardens and Innovations

Program Description of Program (2 to 3 key points + examples)

Barrier Addressed (Environment, Economy, Culture, Politics). Explain how.

Baby and Toddler Nutrition

Bendale BTI

watch:

http://www.foodshare.net/news/aquaponics-at-bendale-bti/

What role do schools play in changing the food system? Name 2 ways:

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Sakib lives in a house just south of Bloor Street on Dovercourt. He has a decent size backyard but a large tree shades the yard all winter 

Shannon lives in an apartment building where there is now room to grow anything  

Dillon wants to make maple syrup. His street is lined with old sugar maples but his neighbour called the police when they saw him drilling a hole in the tree. The police told him he was not allowed to “vandalize” city property. Alvin has heard that you can find

and pick mushrooms in high park, but he doesn’t know how to identify them. 

Danya doesn’t have time to cook so she buys a lot of prepackaged foods. 

Maria loves okra but it is not hot enough here to grow it. 

Eli eats from his garden in the summer but you can’t grow anything in Canada in the winter time. 

Stephane was a farmer just north of Toronto in York region. He had 50 acres. Developers have been offering him money for his property for years. He finally said yes and now buys food from the USA at the grocery store.

Moira knows that there is farmer’s market across the Dufferin mall every thursday but she prefers to shop at Walmart for several reasons. One: the farmers market is small and cramped and it is difficult to move the baby stoller around. Two: they only have some of the stuff she needs at the farmers market so it is easier to just go to Walmart and get everything. For example, there are laws in Canada preventing farmers from selling milk directly to consumers. You have to buy it at a store. And they do have some toiletries at the farmers market, like soap, but they are hand-made and so very expensive. And the farmer’s market only has seasonal things and she there are only so many ways she can prepare beets and potatoes. She does not eat meat.  

Review the scenarios we discussed last class. Choose two, identify the barrier (Environment, Economy, Culture, Politics), and explain how FoodShare might help this person eat locally grown Canadian food.

Circle your choice and respond on the lines below: