Bits and Bytes | News from the Food Movement - March 2016

Nutrition Month has been busy! The Great Big Crunch was heard across Canada with 200,000 children biting into apples in unison, and they were joined by MPs and Ministers at an event on Parliament Hill with Food Secure Canada and the Coalition for Healthy School Food. As well, the Senate's called for an urgent overhaul of Canada's Food Guide in their Obesity in Canada report which we echo and want to see the sustainability of food systems included in the redefinition of healthy food.  

PARLIAMENTARIANS AND KIDS CRUNCH FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOOD

MPs and Ministers joined Food Secure Canada and the Coalition for Healthy School Food for a Great Big Crunch. In the words of 11-year-old Max Molnar “We want to be healthy. We want to be active. We don’t want to be a couch potato.” Plenty of apples but not an iPhone in sight... [Read More]

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RESETTING THE TABLE: EXTENDED CALL FOR PROPOSALS To APRIL 10Th

Our call for proposals is open and the deadline extended to April 10th. Do you have a message, a lesson, or a conversation to bring to Resetting the Table? We are looking for plenaries, workshops, pecha kuchas and any creative event to bring the diverse voices of the food movement to the Assembly. [Read More]

Senate wants overhaul of Canada’s Food Guide - but missing essential ingredient of sustainability

We need to improve the sustainability of food systems and redefine healthy food as going beyond its nutritional qualities alone. [Read More]

[JOB] Partnership and fundraising coordinator

An exciting job opportunity to develop and deepen relationships with partners, members, supporters and funders of Food Secure Canada in help us generate more resources to work on our mission to build the food movement and generate food policy change at the national level. [Read More]

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Other News:

We are looking for new office space

Food Secure Canada is beginning to sprout... and very much needs new fertile ground! We are looking for new office space in Montreal and appreciate any leads you can share. [Read more]

Youth Caucus Newsletter

FSC's Youth Caucus networks Canadian youth (aged 30 and under) dedicated to the issues of zero hunger, sustainable food systems, and healthy and safe food. [Read more]

MEDIA - Thousands of kids crunch on apple countrywide to promote local, healthy school food

Hundreds of thousands of students from across the country were set to crunch into apples in their classrooms for an event aiming to promote local, healthy food programs in schools.  [Read more in the Ottawa Citizen]

MEDIA - CBC's Cross Country Check-up's  show about how important it is for Canada to produce its own food

You can hear Diana Bronson on the podcast around 50 minutes into the show. Great to see how supportive Canadians are of local sustainable Canadian food!  [Listen to the Interview]

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Save the Date:

Broadbent institute - Progress Summit

March 31 - April 2, 2016
Ottawa, Ontario

The Progress Summit is the largest annual progressive politics conference in Canada - dubbed as one of the “most important events on the Ottawa calendar" by iPolitics. Food Secure Canada and our partners will be organizing a Saturday luncheon "Let's Talk Food Policy" at the Progress Summit. Join us! (Registration required) [More info]

2 webinars on healthy food environment assessments and linking evidence to policy action

March 24 and April 7, 2016

Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada (CDPAC) in collaboration with Health Canada’s Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion is hosting two webinars on healthy food environmentsHealth Canada Food Environment Assessment Manual: Implementation and Engaging Stakeholders AND Linking Evidence to Policy Action on the Retail Food Environment.. [More info]

The true cost of American food

April 14-17, 2016

San Francisco, California, USA

Sustainable Food Trust conference will explore the ways in which the economics of our present food systems are distorted in ways which result in dishonest food pricing, sending wrong signals to consumers and producers about the true cost of current intensive farming systems, and preventing the uptake of more sustainable alternatives. [More info]

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