[WRFoodNews] May 21, 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. Roundtable presents position on newest draft of Regional Official Plan
(ROP)
Roundtable member Gerald Kara presented comments on behalf of the Waterloo
Region Food System Roundtable on the second draft Regional Official Plan
(ROP) at a meeting of Regional Council on May 12th. For details, including
a copy of the Roundtable's letter to Council, see:
http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=58 .

2. 2009 Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map released, new Foodlink website launched
The 2009 Buy Local! Buy Fresh! map is now available at public libraries and
many other locations around Waterloo Region - just in time for asparagus
season!  Launching this year alongside the Map is a wholly redesigned
website answering everything you ever wanted to know about local food -
where to find it, how to preserve it, and more.  See www.foodlink.ca for
details.

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 Saturday, May 23, 9am-noon,
one at Diversity Gardens (St Agatha) and another at Little City Farm
(Kitchener)
Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map Launch event - May 23, 10am, Elmira Farmers'
Market
Community Gardens info session - Tuesday, May 26, 5:30pm, University of
Waterloo
100-Mile Challenge Event - May 26, 7pm at the Clay & Glass Gallery
Transition Towns - Friday, May 29, 3pm, University of Waterloo

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