Bob Wildfong (ED of Seeds of Diversity) presents on Food biodiversity, seed security, participatory plant breeding, & Allison Eady (PhD Candidate and Seeds of Diversity staff) shares about ݮƵ Region school food gardens and youth in food systems.
Kathleen Barsoum discusses food issues within the supply chain and how to manage waste.
Katherine Pigott discusses issues within the food system, and her connection to action through Region of ݮƵ Public Health.
Adam Kramer with the working center and Angie Koch from Fertile Ground talk about their connection to the local food system and local initiatives.
Wolfgang discusses his perspective of the food system as a an owner of an organic vegetable farm.
Vanessa Ong, an urban planning graduate at the University of ݮƵ talks about her research and work concerning food security impacts and cultural preservation.
Nikola Barsoum is founder of Half-moon Herbals and is a regenerative farmer. Jodi Koberinski is a U of ݮƵ SSHRC doctoral fellow and a public intellectual.
Siobhan Bonisteel is an environmentalist and local food advocate, and is Chair of the Food System Roundtable of ݮƵ Region.
Allison Eady (PhD Candidate and Seeds of Diversity staff) shares about ݮƵ Region school food gardens and youth in food systems.
Katherine Pigott discusses issues within the food system, and her connection to action through Region of ݮƵ Public Health.
Nikola Barsoum is founder of Half-moon Herbals and is a regenerative farmer. Jodi Koberinski is a U of ݮƵ SSHRC doctoral fellow and a public intellectual.
Vanessa Ong, an urban planning graduate at the University of ݮƵ talks about her research and work concerning food security impacts and cultural preservation.
Bob Wildfong (ED of Seeds of Diversity) presents on Food biodiversity, seed security, and participatory plant breeding.
Siobhan Bonisteel is an environmentalist and local food advocate, and is Chair of the Food System Roundtable of ݮƵ Region.
Tyson James, owner of Cafe Pyrus discusses sustainable and ethical food sourcing and eating.
Adam Kramer with the working center and Angie Koch from Fertile Ground talk about their connection to the local food system and local initiatives.
Kathleen Barsoum discusses food issues within the supply chain and how to manage waste.
Wolfgang discusses his perspective of the food system as a an owner of an organic vegetable farm.
Public Health Nutritionist Ellen Gregg presents at a panel discussion on “The New Canada Food Guide” hosted by the ݮƵ Region Food System Roundtable.
Restauranteur Nick Benninger, of Fat Sparrow Group, speaks about the role of restaurants in promoting healthy and sustainable eating.
U of ݮƵ Planning professor Dr Leia Minaker speaks about the role of our food environments in promoting, or impeding, healthy and sustainable eating.
University of ݮƵ professor Dr Goretty Dias speaks about the challenges and opportunities for sustainable eating, or ecological nutrition, in relation to Canada's new food guide.
45 seconds of small group discussions taking place at the 2011 ݮƵ Region Food Summit in Kitchener on April 30, 2011.
An edited, 5-minute video of the ݮƵ Region Food Summit held in Kitchener in November 2009.
The ݮƵ Region Food Summit brought together over 170 people to discuss problems in our food system, especially the reality that ten percent of our local population does not have enough to eat.
This half-hour episode of Rogers TV's Newsmakers is devoted entirely to the ݮƵ Region Food Summit and the news, which emerged the same day, that the food banks are serving more people than ever before.
The Food Summit brought together over 170 people to discuss problems in our food system, especially the reality that ten percent of our local population does not have enough to eat.
Kathryn Scharf, Program Director of The STOP Community Food Centre in Toronto (), speaks to the ݮƵ Region Food Summit on November 16, 2009 in Kitchener, Ontario.
This presentation is an overview of the ݮƵ Region Healthy Communities Partnership by Region of ݮƵ Public Health's Katherine Pigott.
Krista Long researched policies in the Official Plans of municipalities in ݮƵ Region and found many policies supportive of local food. In this presentation she discusses ideas for encouraging residents and businesses to take advantage of the supportive policies to build a vibrant local food economy.
Presentation by Brendan Wylie-Toal of the Coalition for Green Health Care on November 29, 2011.
On April 17, 2013, the ݮƵ Region Food System Roundtable co-hosted Healthy Communities by Design, an event calling attention to ways in which we could design cities to make healthier eating and activity choices easier for residents.
Katherine Pigott, Manager of the Healthy Eating and Active Communities program at Region of ݮƵ Public Health, describes some of the work her program has done to support the local food economy in ݮƵ Region.
Scott Ross was part of a research team which looked at how much attention is being paid to the local food sector by municipal economic development officials in ݮƵ Region. In this presentation he shares the results of that research. Scott is a policy analyst for the Canadian Federation of Municipalities.
Common perception blames obesity on individual lack of willpower. Ellen Curitti, Public Health Nutritionist with the Region of ݮƵ, argues that the way humans are wired - biologically and psychologically - makes resisting unhealthy food environments very difficult. It's time to shift the weight off the individual and start making healthy food options the default choice.
Garrison McCleary teaches at Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Dave Skene serves as Co-executive Director of the White Owl Native Ancestry Association. Both serve as adjunct faculty at Martin Luther University College.
Sugarbush Live
View live outdoor footage of local wildlife, presented by the ݮƵ Region District School Board.
This video captures the launch of Faith & the Common Good's food forest project in partnership with Divest ݮƵ and faith communities across ݮƵ Region. It features Dr. Andrew Judge an Anishinaabe scholar and teacher sharing his knowledge of the Indigenous land-based sustainability practices that allowed the original peoples in this region to thrive and Nicola Thomas a Food Forest consultant and founder of Grand River Food Forestry sharing examples of her good work and describing how she will support project participants.
Dr. Steffanie Scott discusses her five key recommendations for local government action to promote a just, and green future. Dr. Steffanie Scott is a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of ݮƵ.
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Taarini Chopra, University of ݮƵ Master's student, speaks about the promises of genetically modified food and their failure to live up to those promises, especially in the Global South. Using examples from India and Canada, Chopra examines whether GM foods produce higher yields, reduce pesticide use, or give farmers higher incomes.
Ron Laurie, one of eighteen members of the ݮƵ Region Food System Roundtable, speaks about some of the exciting new local food products emerging in response to demand in ݮƵ Region.
In this panel, our speakers will present on five strategies that would put just & sustainable food systems at the heart of a green future. They will also look to how municipalities could support regenerative agriculture to mitigate climate change and encourage sustainable food consumption through shifts in food consumption habits.
While social justice and equity are often overlooked in regenerative agriculture, we can't talk about regeneration without looking at who owns farmland and why. What we see is a land disparity where Black, Indigenous, and farmers of colour are underrepresented. There are layered and systemic reasons for this including lack of access to farmland, environmental racism, racist policy barriers, and lack of funding. This conversation urges us to consider the systems of power at play and how to support BIPOC farmers to shape a more equitable, just, and democratic food and farming landscape.
This breakfast round-table is a panel discussion of the way farming, food, family and faith come together in our various lives. The event is part two of a lecture series surrounding "Food & Faith: Mennonites Farming Locally and Globally."
Originally aired September 2015, this webinar is part of a series by The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security.