Bits and Bytes | News from the Food Movement - March 2016
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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. |
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PARLIAMENTARIANS AND KIDS CRUNCH FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL FOODMPs 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 10ThOur 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] |
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Senate wants overhaul of Canada’s Food Guide - but missing essential ingredient of sustainabilityWe need to improve the sustainability of food systems and redefine healthy food as going beyond its nutritional qualities alone. [Read More]
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[JOB] Partnership and fundraising coordinatorAn 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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Save the Date:Broadbent institute - Progress SummitMarch 31 - April 2, 2016 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 actionMarch 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 foodApril 14-17, 2016 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] VIEW COMPLETE EVENTS CALENDAR |
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