Tuesday, March 23, 2010

CBC Metro Morning

This morning on CBC Metro Morning on Food Connections. The interview was with a member of the Toronto Food development Strategy team. He discussed how food is a central pillar in many urban environmental, economic, social, health and community matters. The CBC website links to the Food Strategy report: Food Connections: Toward a Healthy and Sustainable Food System for Toronto. A Consultation Report. submitted to the Toronto Board of Health on Feburary 16, 2010 by Toronto Public Health. The interview discussed how the demise of local food stores has resulted in difficulty for the less mobile and affluent members of our community to access and afford food. In converse, by supporting food production, accessibility it in turn supports social development, community, education, work and economic stability. The report identifies other urban cities which have been successful; London, San Francisco, New York and Waterloo Region. See http:/wx.toronto.ca/inter/health/food.nsf.

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