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The future of food in Winnipeg

27 Aug 2015

The City of Winnipeg currently responds to a diversity of food related issues including land use and zoning for food related businesses, food related permits, landfills and food waste, economic development opportunities (food processing, restaurants and food trucks), and transit options to access food. [...] The following are recommendations based on the discussions at the Future of Food forum: Recommendation #1: Form a Winnipeg Food Policy Council To ensure future action is effective, coordinated, and considers a systems approach, the main recommendation is that the City of Winnipeg form a Winnipeg Food Policy Council. [...] Recommendation #2: Develop a Municipal Food Strategy The second emerging policy recommendation is for the newly established Winnipeg Food Policy Council to initiate a process of public and expert consultation to contribute to the development of a municipal food strategy. [...] Centres equipped with the proper facilities and kitchen spaces can: Serve as a gathering place for people in the community to connect around food and food preparation; Promote universal access to food skills and knowledge by providing classes on how to prepare healthy, low-cost meals; Provide healthy eating information at community events held in the facility; Provide information and progr [...] Our Winnipeg outlines a number of enabling strategies: Collaborate on local food opportunities that are part of community development initiatives; Include food in planning for neighbourhood revitalization strategies; Within the city’s mandate, pursue opportunities to support local food production; Develop planning tools to manage the sustainability of existing community gardens and to enab
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Pages
22
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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