Practising What We Preach
3 min readWritten by Judy Paul As someone who loves food and is an active member of a local United Church, I wanted to gather …
Food & Farming Action Plan for the GTA
2 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb On March 5, 2012, the Greater Toronto Area Agricultural Action Committee and its partners, the City of Hamilton and …
Curing Hospital Food
2 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb Monica Kidd, a Newfoundland doctor, visited Waterloo Region to interview people involved in efforts to improve hospital food. The …
Dark or White Meat…What’s Your Preference?
3 min readWritten by Kim Bretz We live in a community where people talk a lot about eating sustainably, supporting our farms and other wholesome …
City of Waterloo Adopts Strong Food Policies
3 min readWritten by Krista Long On April 2, 2011, the City of Waterloo adopted an Official Plan that: gives preference to small and mid-size …
More voices needed on national food strategy
4 min readWritten by Steffanie Scott The following is a longer version of an op-ed piece published in The Waterloo Region Record on February 22, 2012. You …
A More Inclusive Community for Migrant Workers
4 min readWritten by Janet McLaughlin On February 6, 2012, in one split second, the world changed for many people. Eleven families lost beloved partners, …
Weston Questions Safety of Farmers’ Markets
4 min readWritten by Theresa Schumilas This is just one example in my view of the way in which smallholders are treated by a food …
Are Your Eggs The Same As McDonald’s?
3 min readWritten by Kim Bretz On today’s lazy snowy day, I was watching tv and saw a commercial for McDonalds explaining how their eggs …
Does how we eat matter? Using food as a transformative tool for wellness
3 min readWritten by Candace Wormsbecker A few weeks ago I met a young lady with a strong interest in local food. I inquisitively asked …