in our families, our neighbourhoods, and our society EAT IT GROW IT SHARE IT Taste 10 fruits and vegetables every day Eat local, organic and fair trade food Share sit-down home cooked meals Know where your food comes from Grow food in your community Don’t truck it in or out--compost! Ensure everybody can afford good food Invest in our children and their nutrition Sustain our farmers and rural communities PUT FOOD FIRST

FoodShare’s Programs Focus on Food Youth Employment Training Field To Table Catering, Toronto Kitchen Incubator Community Kitchens & Cooking Training FoodLink Hotline The Good Food Box Urban Agriculture & Community Gardening Student Nutrition: Salad Bars in Schools & Field to Table Schools Healthy Babies Eat Home Cooked Food Food Justice Advocacy Community Food Animators’ Fresh Produce Markets

FoodShare and Brazil History: Sao Paulo-Toronto twining Rod MacRae and Jack Lee visit Sao Paulo -- view Sacalo Markets Mary Lou Morgan, Ursula Lipski write Field to Table Feasibility Study having read the Brazil study Herbert De Souza -- Movement Against Hunger and For Life Debbie Field invited to observe Conference of the America’s in Belo Horizante Cecilia Rocha starts writing about Brazil Ryerson course -- Zahra Parvinian and Bridget King visit Belo Horizante Debbie Field invited as an observer of the Second National Conference on Food and Nutritional Security

Ryerson Trip 2004

A Tale of Two Cities: Toronto and Belo Horizonte

1. Locally Subsidized Fresh Produce Programs Sacolao Markets in Belo Horizonte Good Food Box in Toronto

1/3 the population buys their food at Sacalo Markets situated in low income neighbourhhods Markets only sell fresh fruit, vegetables, grains and beans -- the healthy building blocks of life

The Good Food Box: an innovative food distribution solution

Mondays and Tuesdays Field to Table Centre’s warehouse is busy receiving produce--directly from farmers (in season) or from the Ontario Food Terminal (in the winter months).

Every Tuesday a small army of volunteers gathers to pack hundreds of Good Food Boxes

< The large organic Good Food - week of May 30, 2006 The large conventional Good Food - week of May 30, 2006 >

Over 4000 boxes are delivered each month to over 180 volunteer-run drop off sites throughout Toronto

Community Food Animators Fresh Produce Markets Weekly fresh produce market stands in underserved communities across Toronto

2. Farmer’s Markets Belo HorizonteToronto

3. School Meals Belo Horizonte Toronto

Field to Table Schools Where kids can learn all about food - from farming and gardening, to cooking, composting, distribution and healthy eating!

Community Partners for Student Nutrition Advocating for healthy, nutritious food in schools and available to all of our children Helping school communities to start programs of their own

The Salad Bars in Schools project When given a choice, children do choose healthy food.

4. School and Community Gardens Belo Horizonte Toronto

Community Gardens grow communities as well as food

Urban Agriculture: Growing Healthy Food in the City

The Sunshine Garden Our 6,000 sq. ft. urban market garden In partnership with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Beekeeping Our own brand of honey from our own hives

Composting: hundreds of kilograms of vegetable waste are composted every week at Field To Table Centre

5. Popular Restaurants and Catering Restaurante Popular de Belo Horizonte Low-Cost Meals ($1 or less),Toronto

Field To Table Catering Company Fresh, healthy and delicious food for meetings, parties, special events…any time you want good food !

A fully equipped and Health Department certified commercial kitchen to grow your small business Toronto Kitchen Incubator

Focus On Food: Youth Training & Employment Program Learning and working

6. Food Information & Referral Pricing - Basic Monthly Ration, Belo Horizonte FoodLink Hotline,Toronto

Advocating for healthy and affordable food … for everyone

7. Food Policy Inside Local Government Municipal Secretariat of Supplies, Belo Horizonte Toronto Food Policy Council

Field To Table Festival: An annual event to raise awareness about food security issues…from field to table

The world’s longest salad bar at Nathan Phillips Square

How can you get involved? Many corporations participate in the United Way’s Days of Caring. Spend a fun day at Field to Table Centre and know that you are helping at the same time. Volunteer, as an individual or with a group.

Similarities between Brazilian and Toronto Food Security Models: Not just any food -- focus on healthy food; Great concern about obesity and diet related illnesses; Interest in slow food, food culture; Focus on home cooking; Looking for structural change; Open-air markets universal and don’t’ have means test; As concerned about agrarian sustainability as city hunger;

Working with communities to improve access to affordable, healthy food - from Field to Table