LINKS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING
The links below
may be useful to you as you do community planning. This is by no
means an exhaustive list of resources, but there are
many good ideas here to use as you work to develop plans for healthy
local food systems.
COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY PLANNING
Laura Kalina, Building food security in Canada: A community guide
for action on hunger. 2nd Ed. (2001). Kamloops FoodShare. ($25; order
from Laura.Kalina@interiorhealth.ca)
http://www.fooddemocracy.org/security.html
· Defining
food security
http://www.spcw.mb.ca/reference.asp
· Thought
About Food? Food Security, Food Policy and Public Participation (PDF
downloadable
from this site)
http://www.unesco.org/most/southa10.htm
· An overview of food policies in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which
treats food as a basic human right - many innovative ideas
http://www.planning.org/2006conference/sessionproposal/foodsystembg.htm
· This overview
of the role of municipalities of local food system planning would
be
useful for community food action planning
COMMUNITY GARDENS
http://www.cityfarmer.org/
· All kinds
of resources, presentations, and ideas on composting, pest control,
waterwise gardening,
and more
http://www.cityfarmer.org/cawston.html
· Cawston
Community Garden, Kelowna, BC [guidelines; tools needed]
http://www.foodshare.ca/toolbox_disab_01.htm
· Gardening
with people with disabilities [access and paving; tools]
http://www.foodshare.ca/publications_03.htm
· How Does Our Garden Grow? - handbook
for community gardens ($25)
COMMUNITY KITCHENS
http://www.communitykitchens.ca/index.php
· Guides,
principles, resources, cookbooks for community kitchens
FOOD BANKS
http://www.kamloopsfoodbank.org/Food%20Bank.asp?Page=Home
· The Kamloops
Food Action Centre brings an entrepreneurial model to a food bank
http://www.foodsecurity.org/pubs.html
· Building
the Bridge: Food Banking and Community Food Security, best practices
guide downloadable
in PDF format
FOOD POLICY
http://www.fooddemocracy.org/policy.html
· An introduction
to food policy and links to food charters from Prince Albert, Saskatoon,
and Toronto
http://www.ryerson.ca/foodsecurity/Documents/BC_Food_Policy.htm
· Food Security
Policy Elements for the Kamloops Social Plan
· Thompson
Health Region, Food Policy Statement
· City of
Merritt, Food Policy Statement
http://www.foodshare.net/foodpolicy04.htm
· Toronto FoodShare’s
food policy Web site includes 28 policy recommendations and 28 grassroots
actions
GOOD FOOD BOXES
http://www.pdcrs.ca/harvest.htm
· Penticton’s
Healthy Harvest Box
http://www.providence.bc.ca/gfb.html
· Download Jenny Hide’s
overview of Good Food Box programs in Canada
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/gfb/links.php
· PDF files
to download include GFB Brochure; GFB Volunteer Management Manual;
and The Good
Food Box: A Handbook for British Columbia
http://www.foodshare.net/goodfoodbox09.htm
· Toronto FoodShare’s online resource [background, principles,
Toronto’s model]
http://www.foodshare.ca/publications_04.htm
· The Good
Food Box Guide: How to Start a Program in Your Community ($10)
http://www.foodshare.net/goodfoodbox12.htm
· The Good Food Box: A Case Study of an Alternative Non-Profit
System for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Distribution
HEALTHY SCHOOLS
http://www.dashbc.org
· Directorate
of Agencies for School Health
http://www.safehealthyschools.org
· Communities
and Schools Promoting Health
MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES EASIER
http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyliving/meetings.html
· Healthy
Food and Beverage Choices at Meetings and Conferences, Healthy Manitoba
http://www.phabc.org/modules.php?name=Publications&pa;=showpage&pid;=4
· Making
the Connection: Food Security and Public Health
· Healthy
Eating at Work, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
http://www.foodshare.net/kitchen01.htm
· Toronto FoodShare’s
kitchen page includes links to its commercial kitchen and catering
initiatives