National Food Policy: FSC Writes an Open Letter to Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

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Agriculture
Food Systems
Economics

This letter was sent in December to Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

Food is Part of the Recipe for a Healthy Canada

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Food is Part of the Recipe for a Healthy Canada #Recipe4Health

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Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Regional and Local

Food Secure Canada and Dr. Norman Campbell, HSF/CIHR Chair of Hypertension Prevention and Control call for action on the leading risk Canadians’ health and well-being: unhealthy diets. 

The Rising Cost of Food: a National Food Policy Should Focus on Health and Sustainability

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Hunger and Poverty
Right to Food
Food Systems

The fall of the Canadian dollar below the 70-cents-US mark is expected to leave Canadians with higher grocery bills. This situation is particularly critical considering that the vast majority of fruits and vegetables eaten by Canadians are imported and that the rate of inflation on food products hit 4.1% today. This puts Canadians in an unparalleled position among industrialised countries.

Healthy Diets: Letter To Honourable Jane Philpott, Minister of Health

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Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Disease
Food Systems

An open letter to federal Health Minister Jane Philpott was sent on January 13, 2016 to introduce a Food and Nutrition Fact Sheet and to request a meeting with Minister Philpott and her counterparts in stakeholder ministries to discuss urgent action on the highest-priority items, including sodium/trans fat reduction and marketing to kids.

Next Steps for a National Food Policy in Canada

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Coming on the heels of the Eat Think Vote campaign, food movement leaders from across Canada gathered in Montreal on November 15th for a conversation about next steps for food policy in Canada.

Sunny Days in Ottawa: Food is Back on the Agenda

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It’s all a bit thrilling to see the doors of the Canadian government opening again, and a progressive and diverse Cabinet, with doctors, social workers, and human rights advocates, with science and climate change so front and centre, with so many women who are deeply familiar with the realities of poverty, with such a commitment to youth and real change, not to mention two Indigenous Cabinet Ministers, one who is in charge of the law of the land.

Good Food on the Menu: An update on the McConnell Foundation's Institutional Food Fund grantees

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Regional and Local

In the past year, the first cohort of the McConnell Foundation’s Institutional Food Fund grantees has made exciting headway in their work to increase purchasing of local and sustainable ingredients at their respective institutions. Eight projects–which include schools, hospitals, long-term care centres and campuses across Canada–have collectively directed $1.6 million to the sourcing of locally-produced food, including $325,000 toward goods that meet additional sustainability criteria such as meat raised without the use of therapeutic antibiotics.

The Final Eat Think Vote Numbers Are in: We've Accomplished Great Things Together

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The numbers speak for themselves: 68 Eat Think Vote events across Canada, 164 candidates attended, 4461 participants, and millions reached through radio, television, newspapers and social media. We are so unbelievably grateful for everything Canadians did to make the Eat Think Vote campaign a huge success. 

A National Food Policy Council for Canada

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Right to Food
Democracy and Movements
Economics

Food is central to so many social processes – the economy, health, social cohesion and justice, environmental stewardship – yet, incredibly, Canada still does not have a coordinated and integrated approach to managing the food system. Pieces of what we need exist, but these are poorly linked and many holes remain in the architecture of a joined up food policy.

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