in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society eat it grow it share it taste 10 fruits and...
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in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society
EAT IT
GROW IT
SHARE IT
• Taste 10 fruits and vegetables every day• Eat local, organic and fair trade food• Share sit-down home cooked meals
• Know where your food comes from• Grow food in your community• Don’t truck it in or out--compost!
• Ensure everybody can afford good food• Invest in our children and their nutrition• Sustain our farmers and rural communities
PUT FOOD FIRST
PUT FOOD FIRST
FoodShare’s Programs
Focus on Food Youth Employment Training
Field To Table Catering, Toronto Kitchen Incubator Community Kitchens & Cooking Training
FoodLink Hotline
The Good Food Box
Urban Agriculture & Community Gardening
Student Nutrition:Salad Bars in Schools & Field to Table Schools
Healthy Babies Eat Home Cooked Food
Food Justice Advocacy
Community Food Animators’ Fresh Produce Markets
FoodShare and Brazil History:
1980-1997-- Sao Paulo-Toronto twining1991 -- Rod MacRae and Jack Lee visit Sao Paulo -- view Sacalo Markets1991 -- Mary Lou Morgan, Ursula Lipski write Field to Table Feasibility Study having read the Brazil study1993 -- Herbert De Souza -- Movement Against Hunger and For Life1997 -- Debbie Field invited to observe Conference of the America’s in Belo Horizante2000 -- Cecilia Rocha starts writing about Brazil2003 -- Ryerson course -- Zahra Parvinian and Bridget King visit Belo Horizante2004 -- Debbie Field invited as an observer of the Second National Conference on Food and Nutritional Security
1. Locally Subsidized Fresh Produce Programs
Sacolao Markets in Belo Horizonte
Good Food Box in Toronto
1/3 the population buys their food atSacalo Markets situated in low income neighbourhhods
Markets only sell freshfruit, vegetables, grains and beans -- the healthy buildingblocks of life
Mondays and Tuesdays Field to Table Centre’s warehouse is busy receiving produce--directly from farmers (in season) or from the Ontario Food Terminal (in the winter months).
< The large organic Good Food - week of May 30, 2006
The large conventional Good Food - week of May 30, 2006
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Community Food AnimatorsFresh Produce MarketsWeekly fresh produce market stands in underserved communities across Toronto
Field to Table SchoolsWhere kids can learn all about food - from farming and gardening, to cooking, composting, distribution and healthy eating!
Community Partners for
StudentNutrition
Advocating for healthy, nutritious food in schools and available to all of our children
Helping school communities to start programs of their own
The Sunshine Garden
Our 6,000 sq. ft. urban market gardenIn partnership with the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health
Composting: hundreds of kilograms of
vegetable waste are composted every week at
Field To Table Centre
5. Popular Restaurants and Catering
Restaurante Popular de Belo Horizonte
Low-Cost Meals ($1 or less),Toronto
Field To Table Catering CompanyFresh, healthy and delicious food formeetings, parties, special events…any time you want good food !
A fully equipped and Health Department certified commercial kitchen to grow your small business
Toronto Kitchen Incubator
6. Food Information & Referral
Pricing - Basic Monthly Ration, Belo Horizonte
FoodLink Hotline,Toronto
7. Food Policy Inside Local Government
Municipal Secretariat of Supplies, Belo Horizonte
Toronto Food Policy Council
Field To Table Festival:An annual event to raise awareness about food security issues…from field to table
How can you get involved?
Many corporations participate in the United Way’s Days of Caring. Spend a fun day at Field to Table Centre and know that you are helping at the same time.
Volunteer, as an individual or with a group.
Similarities between Brazilian and Toronto Food Security Models:
• Not just any food -- focus on healthy food;
•Great concern about obesity and diet related illnesses;
•Interest in slow food, food culture;•Focus on home cooking;
•Looking for structural change; •Open-air markets universal and don’t’
have means test;•As concerned about agrarian sustainability as city hunger;