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Northern Healthy Foods InitiativeNorthern Healthy Foods InitiativeFounding Ministers: Founding Ministers:
Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and Northern AffairsHealthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs
Northern Food Prices Report 2003 mandated by the Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet
Summary Recommendations of the Report
1. Northern Food Self-sufficiency (building community capacity for greater food self-sufficiency)
2. Milk Price Review
3. Northern Food Business Development
4. Northern Community Foods Program (food sharing programs)
5. Northern Greenhouse Pilot Project
6. Northern Gardens Initiative
7. Northern Food Prices Survey
Operationalizing the ReportOperationalizing the Report
Commenced operations in final quarter Commenced operations in final quarter of 2004/05of 2004/05
Cabinet approved priorities:Cabinet approved priorities:1.1. Northern gardensNorthern gardens2.2. Local food self-sufficiencyLocal food self-sufficiency3.3. Nutrition awarenessNutrition awareness4.4. Local food business developmentLocal food business development
NHFI community grants NHFI community grants budgetbudget
2005/06 2006/07
Description ($ 000) ($ 000)
Regional projects 66 135
"Grow North" grants 47 67
Agricultural support 30 67
Education grants 9 90
Special community projects 5 90
Program administration 22 30
Total $179K $479K
NHFI community grants NHFI community grants budgetbudget
2007/08 2008/09
Regional Partners 120.0 140.0
“Grow North” Agricultural Support 67.0 47.4
"Grow North" Material/Equipment 88.4 28.0
Education grants/projects 63.3 82.2
“Special Community Projects” 265.3 287.2
Subtotal 604.0 584.8
Program administration 30.0 30.0
Total $634.0K 614.8K
Service Delivery ModelService Delivery Model
HealthyChild
Text HealthyLiving
Conservation
NHFIRegionalPartners
MAFRI
Other Depts
NGO
FNIHPHAC
Our focusOur focus
Community level projects with those non-Community level projects with those non-political people who are committed to their political people who are committed to their community.community.
Regional level organizations that provide Regional level organizations that provide support, organize stakeholders, and provide support, organize stakeholders, and provide activism.activism.
Creating a mix of projects, community/regional Creating a mix of projects, community/regional development, and turning “lessons learned” development, and turning “lessons learned” into an increasingly more effective program.into an increasingly more effective program.
COMMUNITY PRIORITIESCOMMUNITY PRIORITIES
Food system change
GROW GARDENS
LOWER PRICES
Unique local
projects
LowerPrices
““Grow North”Grow North”
““Grow North” – ActivitiesGrow North” – Activities
8 Communities
This is year one
“Best practices”
Frontierschools
Germinating in 22
schools
28 - 30 Communities
Large knowledge
Deficit
4 Communities
ChickensGoats
15 Families
Total
160 +Freezers in
Communities
3 Refrigeration
Units
Northern Greenhouse
Northern Greenhouse
“Veggie Adventure”
“Veggie Adventure” GardeningGardening
Other Local Agriculture
Other Local Agriculture
Special ProjectsSpecial Projects
Mb. Council on Child Nutrition/Healthy Mb. Council on Child Nutrition/Healthy Living/ANA/FNIH Living/ANA/FNIH
“healthy bodies, healthy minds” project “healthy bodies, healthy minds” project in North Eastern Manitobain North Eastern Manitoba
Healthy Kids/Healthy Futures report Healthy Kids/Healthy Futures report
Kids in the kitchen Kids in the kitchen
“Drop the pop” “Drop the pop”
Breakfast for LearningBreakfast for Learning
School snack and lunch programs School snack and lunch programs