Grow Your Future

GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT GROW YOUR FUTURE There are more Ontarians lose the fundamental connec- It all starts with... ONTARIO`S FARMERS' CRISES tion with the food they eat than ever before. They don't know what is healthy, where it came from, how it got there and how to cook it. At the same time there is an Between 1996 to 2006 Ontario lost 15% of its farms 6 of increasing amount of farmers facing income crisis because people lack the access to healthy food. People are moving out of Ontario's countryside Because of increasing cases of malnutrition, Ontario residences have been expressing an increasing FARMERS Most Ontario farmers earn most of their income from off-farm jobs amount of interest to create a more sustainable, equitable and economically viable food system. and how their food is distributed Ontario farmers are aging and there aren't many young farmers to take their place SUPERMARKETS Layout of a general supermarket. FARMERS' MARKETS Frozen *Bakery Foods 52% of Ontario *Non Health and farmers are losing money parishable Beauty - and Babycare Processed Food Pet Food Household and Kitchenware Alcohol *Frozen Meats *Dairy Products S Fresh a Entertainment and Misc Fruits and Vegetables * ESSENTIALS TEMPTATIONS How Farmer's Markets do it? Everything is FRESH How Supermarkets do it? No psychological manipulation Products spaced out throughout store. Make people walk through whole store. 123 No product placement Temptation items placed at check out desks lure customers. O It is what it is • ANIMAL WELFARE HEALTH CRISIS FOOD SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Ontario children have a shorter life span because of the various health problems • HUMAN HEALTH • LABOUR STANDARDS Food was grown under conditions of good labour practices • QUALITY Salt content in processed foods THINGS TO Where their food came from Genetically modified organisms? CONSIDER • SAFETY Percentage of Overweight Children in 2010 in Canada Percentage of Overweight Adults in 2010 in Canada 28% 72% 39% 61% 10 GOOD FOOD IDEAS Taken from Sustain Ontario and METACALF Menu 2020: Ten Good Food Ideas for Ontario 1. Support community food centres 5. Implement a school food program and embed food literacy in the curriculum 8. Harvest the whole value of ecological foods and services from agriculture Percentage of Overweight Teenagers in 2010 in Canada 2. Plant urban Ontario 6. Support producers of locally consumed fruit, vegetables 9. Establish local food infra- structure through regional food clusters 3. Link good food with good healthy and meats 26% 7. Expand public procurement of local, sustainably produced foods 10. Plan for the future of 4. Make room for new farmers and alternative markets within the supply-managed system. farming and food 74% Overweight Not Overweight ENTER EXIT