Resources & Research

On this page you will find a list of resources and research that have been shared on our website, in order of the date they have been posted.

Please share your resources (handbooks, reports, guides, etc.) by logging in to our website and uploading your resource here.

FAO: The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014

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The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2014 presents updated estimates of undernourishment and progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and World Food Summit (WFS) hunger targets. A stock-taking of where we stand on reducing hunger and malnutrition shows that progress in hunger reduction at the global level and in many countries has continued but that substantial additional effort is needed in others.

All FAO's documents online

 

Hunger and Poverty
International Issues

Local Food Costing Calculator / Calculateur des coûts des aliments locaux

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I wanted to share the Local Food Costing calculator tool that we didn’t have time to cover in the Montreal meeting. It is essentially a pre-formatted spreadsheet to compare the plate costs of  “conventional” vs. “local, sustainable” product.

There are instructions in the first two tabs of the spreadsheet. It includes a few sample produce and protein items that you can modify for your needs.

Regional and Local

Feeding our Future

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What happens when you start to feed kids in a low-income neighbourhood of Toronto at schools?
 
This evaluation provides some of the most robust evidence that school meal programs in Canada provide kids of all backgrounds with the nourishment they need to succeed at school.
 
Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Children and Schools
Food Environments

Making Food Matter: Strategies for activating change together

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A participatory research report on community food security in Nova Scotia.

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the awareness and activity relating to food and food issues in Nova Scotia. Smaller, independent pockets of concern, research, and action have grown to become dynamic, diverse, and connected food movements both within Nova Scotia and across Canada and internationally.

First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study

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Scientists recently concluded the First Nations food, nutrition and environment study (FNFNES). The study is a collaboration between the University of Ottawa, the Université de Montréal and the Assembly of First Nations. The FNFNES is the first national study of its kind. The newly released 2011-2012 results for Ontario detail the dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status of 18 randomly selected First Nations communities in the province.

Nutrition and Healthy Weights
Indigenous Food Matters
Traditional / Country Foods

First issue of ​Research Bulletin on National Study of Agricultural Land Use Planning launched

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 The 2014 Research Bulletin Protecting Canada's Farmland: Principles and beneficial practices of integrated agricultural land use planning solutions, is now available (please see attached document).
 
Agriculture

Opportuntiy: Adjunct Positions Open with Food Systems and Society at Marylhurst University

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Marylhurst University’s Master of Science in Food Systems and Society program is looking for experienced instructors to develop and teach online elective courses in the following areas for the 2014-2015 academic year: ​ 
  • Food and Public Health
  • Global Food Politics and/or Social/Food Movements
  • Food and Labor
  • Food and Gender
Democracy and Movements
International Issues
Food Systems

Agricultural Land Use Planning in Canada: A Study

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Agricultural Land Use Planning in Canada: A Study of Principles and Beneficial Practices for Integrating Public Priorities for Agriculture and Food across Jurisdictions

Agriculture

Kids and healthy food choices

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Nick Saul, Community Food Centres Canada, talks about the importance of teaching kids how to make healthy food choices on Canada AM (CTV News).

Watch the video here.

Children and Schools
Food Literacy
Food Environments

A call for improved food literacy

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The Ontario Home Economics Association sent out a call for improved food literacy, focusing again on how a lack of food skills can be detrimental to our health.

Children and Schools
Food Literacy
Food Environments