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in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society

PUT FOOD FIRST. in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society. Taste 10 fruits and vegetables every day Eat local, organic and fair trade food Share sit-down home cooked meals. EAT IT. GROW IT. Know where your food comes from Grow food in your community

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in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society

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  1. PUT FOOD FIRST in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society • Taste 10 fruits and vegetables every day • Eat local, organic and fair trade food • Share sit-down home cooked meals EAT IT GROW IT • Know where your food comes from • Grow food in your community • Don’t truck it in or out--compost! • Ensure everybody can afford good food • Invest in our children and their nutrition • Sustain our farmers and rural communities SHARE IT PUT FOOD FIRST

  2. FoodShare’sPrograms FoodLink Hotline Student Nutrition: Salad Bars in Schools & Field to Table Schools The Good Food Box Urban Agriculture & Community Gardening Community Food Animators’ Fresh Produce Markets Field To Table Catering, Toronto Kitchen Incubator Community Kitchens & Cooking Training Healthy Babies Eat Home Cooked Food Focus on Food Youth Employment Training Food Justice Advocacy

  3. FoodShare and Brazil History: 1980-1997-- Sao Paulo-Toronto twining 1991 -- Rod MacRae and Jack Lee visit Sao Paulo -- view Sacalo Markets 1991 -- Mary Lou Morgan, Ursula Lipski write Field to Table Feasibility Study having read the Brazil study 1993 -- Herbert De Souza -- Movement Against Hunger and For Life 1997 -- Debbie Field invited to observe Conference of the America’s in Belo Horizante 2000 -- Cecilia Rocha starts writing about Brazil 2003 -- Ryerson course -- Zahra Parvinian and Bridget King visit Belo Horizante 2004 -- Debbie Field invited as an observer of the Second National Conference on Food and Nutritional Security

  4. Ryerson Trip 2004

  5. A Tale of Two Cities: Toronto and Belo Horizonte

  6. 1. Locally Subsidized Fresh Produce Programs Good Food Box in Toronto Sacolao Markets in Belo Horizonte

  7. 1/3 the population buys their food at Sacalo Markets situated in low income neighbourhhods Markets only sell fresh fruit, vegetables, grains and beans -- the healthy building blocks of life

  8. The Good Food Box: an innovative food distribution solution

  9. Mondays and Tuesdays Field to Table Centre’s warehouse is busy receiving produce--directly from farmers (in season) or from the Ontario Food Terminal (in the winter months).

  10. Every Tuesday a small army of volunteers gathers to pack hundreds of Good Food Boxes

  11. < The large organic Good Food - week of May 30, 2006 The large conventional Good Food - week of May 30, 2006 >

  12. Over 4000 boxes are delivered each month to over 180 volunteer-run drop off sites throughout Toronto

  13. Community Food Animators Fresh Produce Markets Weekly fresh produce market stands in underserved communities across Toronto

  14. 2. Farmer’s Markets Toronto Belo Horizonte

  15. 3. School Meals Toronto Belo Horizonte

  16. Field to Table Schools Where kids can learn all about food - from farming and gardening, to cooking, composting, distribution and healthy eating!

  17. Community Partners for Student Nutrition Advocating for healthy, nutritious food in schools and available to all of our children Helping school communities to start programs of their own

  18. The Salad Bars in Schools project When given a choice, children do choose healthy food.

  19. 4. School and Community Gardens Toronto Belo Horizonte

  20. Community Gardens grow communities as well as food

  21. Urban Agriculture: Growing Healthy Food in the City

  22. The Sunshine Garden Our 6,000 sq. ft. urban market garden In partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

  23. Beekeeping Our own brand of honey from our own hives

  24. Composting: hundreds of kilograms of vegetable waste are composted every week at Field To Table Centre

  25. 5. Popular Restaurants and Catering Low-Cost Meals ($1 or less),Toronto Restaurante Popular de Belo Horizonte

  26. Field To Table Catering Company Fresh, healthy and delicious food for meetings, parties, special events…any time you want good food !

  27. Toronto Kitchen Incubator A fully equipped and Health Department certified commercial kitchen to grow your small business

  28. Focus On Food: Youth Training & Employment Program Learning and working

  29. 6. Food Information & Referral FoodLink Hotline,Toronto Pricing - Basic Monthly Ration, Belo Horizonte

  30. Advocating for healthy and affordable food … for everyone

  31. 7. Food Policy Inside Local Government Municipal Secretariat of Supplies, Belo Horizonte Toronto Food Policy Council

  32. Field To Table Festival: An annual event to raise awareness about food security issues…from field to table

  33. The world’s longest salad bar at Nathan Phillips Square

  34. How can you get involved? Volunteer, as an individual or with a group. Many corporations participate in the United Way’s Days of Caring. Spend a fun day at Field to Table Centre and know that you are helping at the same time.

  35. Similarities between Brazilian and Toronto Food Security Models: Not just any food -- focus on healthy food; Great concern about obesity and diet related illnesses; Interest in slow food, food culture; Focus on home cooking; Looking for structural change; Open-air markets universal and don’t’ have means test; As concerned about agrarian sustainability as city hunger;

  36. Working with communities to improve access to affordable, healthy food- from Field to Table

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