[WRFoodNews] May 15, 2009 Waterloo Region Food System Update

[xmarc at region.waterloo.on.ca]

Please find below the latest update on Waterloo Region's food system as
described on the website of the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable at
www.wrfoodsystem.ca.

1. A Defence of Canada's pending new Organic Standards
Roundtable member Krista Long has posted a response to my posting about a
Mother Jones article on organics and the future of sustainable food.  It
contains some excellent points worth considering!  See
http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=forum/view_thread&thread_id=10217

2. Kitchener Report on Food Access released
A study commissioned by a Seniors' Group affiliated with the Kitchener
Downtown Community Health Centre has found the area lacking in accessible
sources of food and is calling for efforts to attract an affordable and
accessible grocery store downtown.  See
http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=forum/view_thread&thread_id=10232

3. Upcoming Food Events
Full details on upcoming food-related events in Waterloo Region can be
viewed under "Upcoming Events" on the Roundtable's website (
http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=9 ).  To share news of your event,
email details to xmarc at region.waterloo.on.ca, and I will post it to the
website.  Some upcoming highlights include:

Plant and Seedling Sales - two separate ones on May 23, one at Diversity
Gardens (St Agatha) and another at Little City Farm (Kitchener)
100-Mile Challenge Event - May 26 at the Clay & Glass Gallery
People's Food Commission info session - May 26 at the Kitchener Public
Library

Marc Xuereb
staff support to the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable
c/o Region of Waterloo Public Health
99 Regina St S, 3rd Floor
Waterloo, ON N2J 4V3
tel: 519.883.2004 x.5872
email: xmarc at region.waterloo.on.ca