[WRFoodNews] July 29, 2010 Waterloo Region Food System update

[Marc Xuereb]

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.  Join discussions of the topics below and many more on our Discussion Forum<http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=forum/view_forum&forum_id=10001>.
Ontario's Good Food Map
Sustain Ontario has produced a graphical representation of its recently-released discussion papers on the the state of the province's food system.  The Good Food Map features the 10 Good Food Ideas from Sustain's Menu 2020 and provides links to further information on those ideas and more.  See http://sustainontario.com/OntarioGoodFoodMap.html.

Municipal Elections Toolkit on Food Issues
Sustain Ontario has created a toolkit for voters to pressure municipal electoral candidates to make healthy, local, sustainable food a municipal election priority. Voters can use the toolkit to engage with candidates to ensure that farm and food issues are part of their election platforms.  The Municipal Elections Toolkit<http://sustainontario.com/initiatives/municipal-elections-2010> outlines priority farm and food issues, and provides some helpful hints for organizing events and meetings with elections candidates.

Anita Stewart's Food Day 2010
Canadian celebrity chef Anita Steward is organizing the eighth annual Food Day, which is taking place this Saturday, July 31, at public events and private barbeques across the country.  The idea is to celebrate our regional diversity, culinary creativity and local food by getting people together to cook and eat, and tell stories of your get-togethers on the Food Day website.  See details at http://foodday.ca.

Garden Coordinators Wanted
KW Urban Harvester is lookng for two new coordinators to start this October. One coordinator for the Sharing Backyards program - this means updating the website<http://kw-uh.wikidot.com/>, printing out pamphlets, distributing them at different events and just getting the word out. The second coordinator would be the garden coordinator - organizing it as a community garden (either collectively or with private plots), and doing outreach to get people to come garden. If you are interested, please e-mail Chaylene at kwurbanharvester at gmail.com<mailto:kwurbanharvester at gmail.com> . Each coordinator position would go for one full year. This is flexible if need be.  No experience needed.

Upcoming Food Events
Full details on upcoming food-related events in Waterloo Region can be viewed under Upcoming Events<http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=9> on the Roundtable's website.  To share news of your event, email details to the Roundtable's Site Administrator<mailto:MXuereb at regionofwaterloo.ca>, who will post it to the website.  Some upcoming highlights include:

Saturday, July 31, 12:30pm - Foodprint Toronto Symposium, Whychwood Barns, Toronto
Tuesday, August 3, 6:30pm - Cook Local Cook Fresh, Kitchener Market
Saturday, August 14, 1pm - Canning Salsa, Little City Farm, Kitchener
Sunday, August 15, 10am - Berry Growing, Garden Party, St Agatha

Marc Xuereb
staff support to the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable
c/o 99 Regina Street South, 3rd Floor
Waterloo, ON N2J 4V3
519.883.2004 x.5872
MXuereb at regionofwaterloo.ca<mailto:MXuereb at regionofwaterloo.ca>
[Note new email address: please start using this one.]

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