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Breakfast is Served!

Students at Sherwood Park Elementary School are getting a nutritional head start to school, thanks to an innovative program led by Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) in partnership with Table Matters, Food Lens and Harvest Project. For roughly the past decade, Tsleil-Waututh Nation has offered a breakfast program for Tsleil-Waututh Nation children and has seen first hand […]

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Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School

Now Accepting Applications for 2015 Growing new farmers! The Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School is a new collaboration between the Tsawwassen First Nation and the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at Kwantlen University. The Kwantlen Institute for Sustainable Food System is interested in systemic change around our local and global food systems. Cognizant of the […]

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Food for Tomorrow Confrence in NY

Farm Better. Eat Better. Feed the World. The first annual New York Times Food for Tomorrow conference, hosted by renowned Times journalist and food writer Mark Bittman, will explore two of the most important food challenges facing the world in the 21st century: how to feed a growing population of the world’s poor and how to reverse poor eating habits in […]

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Modern Diets, Big Food, and Our Health- Webinar

Webinar: Modern Diets, Big Food, and Our Health Thursday October 2, 2014 l 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm l Register Here! Hosted by the Nutrition Resource Centre, Ontario Public Health Association The industrialization of livestock production and modern dietary patterns are having large yet under-appreciated effects on human health, food insecurity, equity, and environmental sustainability. […]

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Vital Signs Canada

Food is about a lot more than what we buy or eat. Food sustains us,and our communities, in so many ways. That’s why food is the place where our most pressing issues converge — poverty, health and wellbeing, our environment and economy – they all hit home at our kitchen table. This year’s Vital Signs report, Fertile Ground: […]