Food Secure Canada, a coalition of farmers, food banks, health advocates and community food organizations think food should be an election issue. Earlier this summer, the coalition launched the Eat Think Vote campaign to make food an issue in the upcoming federal election. The campaign […]
By Christine McPhail Last Thursday, I ventured out in the rain to attend a great networking food event at the Centre for Social Innovation-Annex (CSI Annex) location. For those of you who haven’t heard of CSI here is how CSI describes themselves. “The Centre for […]
By: Christine McPhail In celebration of World Food Days, New College at the University of Toronto ran numerous events for people to learn about agroecology, urban farming, and many other topics. World Food Day marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]
Check out the latest blog posting by TFPC discussing and explaining how Toronto’s Sanctuary City affects the food movement. This is a great follow up to the December meeting (for meeting notes, click here). The blog explains why Torontonians are undocumented, why a Sanctuary City […]
Yesterday was Global Youth Service Day (http://www.gysd.ca/) and the TYFPC was at City Hall for the second-annual Volunteer Fair. The amazing folks on the City Youth Council of Toronto (https://www.facebook.com/CYCToronto) hosted the event connecting youth with volunteer organizations from across the city. Over 30 organizations were present, […]