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Food Security in Ontario, Canada
OPHA (Ontario Public Health Association)
The OPHA Food Security Network was created in 1993 in response to a resolution which prompted OPHA to develop an advocacy strategy to ensure that food security for all residents of Ontario would be addressed by the government. The group committed itself to working toward the following food security goals for Ontarians:
The group focuses its activities on:
FoodNet Ontario
FoodNet Ontario is a province-wide network of organizations and individuals working together to create sustainable local food systems and achieve (community) food security in communities across Ontario.
Niagara Food Security
Most of the food security issues for the Niagara Region deal with sustaining local economy and encouraging people to buy as much local food as possible. It shouldn't be difficult, but local residents aren't buying local - despite the high quality of the goods (albeit, perhaps more expensive).
Niagara Presents: a community based network that provides co-operative product development, marketing and distribution support to independent Niagara-based growers and processors of specialty foods.
Niagara Local Food Co-operative: an innovative marketing and distribution system for local farmers, agricultural producers, and consumers. Essentially we are a virtual farmer's market. Instead of driving to the market on specific days, or driving from farm to farm, you can order online at your convenience
Eating Niagara: a website devoted to local eating and agriculture in Ontario's Niagara Region.
I like the Niagara Co-op's iniative to offer local goods online; one can easily view the products and prices, order them and then pick them up. I think this is innovative for Niagara (perhaps not to other larger cities).
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