Community Food Security and Agriculture Awareness Program

Community Food Security Sub-Program:

• Implementing food literacy training for foodservices and/or procurement staff;
• Developing a sustainable seasonal lunch menu for schools or early childhood centres that uses primarily local ingredients;
• Hosting a vendor fair to facilitate connections between food services operators and domestic food suppliers/producers;
• Identifying and implementing changes to current menu portals that support procurement of locally-sourced food; and
• Developing and piloting food literacy workshops or course modules that are tailored for one or more of the targeted participants groups.

Agriculture Awareness Sub-Program:

• Development and coordination of promotional events and campaigns, programming, and training activities that increase agriculture awareness, education and literacy; and
• Activities linking industry with schools and the general public in an effort to promote agriculture.