[BCFSN] Visualizing the Future of Food Production in Health Care - Project SOIL final report now available

[Abra Brynne]

Hello all,
the report below is based in Ontario but will undoubtedly be useful for
those of us in BC working to increase healthy food at our institutions.

in good food,
Abra


Director, Engagement & Policy
BC Food Systems Network
abra at bcfsn.org
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"Rather than concentrating on what sort of food is healthy for the
individual person, we must think about what kind of production system is
healthy for the globe. Acting in the context of this vision of a different
kind of food system, we will gain the freedom - and the power - to force
change for some measure of justice in this one." Cathleen Kneen, 1987

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: phil mount <phil.mount.foodsystemsresearch at gmail.com>
Date: 5 January 2017 at 08:00
Subject: Visualizing the Future of Food Production in Health Care - Project
SOIL final report now available
To: cafs <cafs at ryerson.ca>


Hello friends, colleagues and supporters of Project SOIL

For three years, Project SOIL has used case studies, pilot projects and
visioning sessions to investigate the viability of on-site food production
at public institutions, through collaborative arrangements with local food
producers.
Over that time, interest in food production on public land has continued to
grow, with schools and universities, health care institutions and seniors
residences, community food centres and food banks, as well as public
agencies—from conservation authorities to crown corporations—making land
available for food production.
For those looking to establish strategies or policies that would facilitate
food production or food gardens at public institutions—whether you're
training new farmers, or persuading board members—our latest report has
something for you!
While it focuses on our recent work with hospitals, “*Ontario Public
Institutions and On-site Food Production: Visualizing the Future for Health
Care*
<http://projectsoil.ca/ontario-public-institutions-and-on-site-food-production-visualizing-the-future-for-health-care/>"
establishes
a baseline of preconditions, useful practices, potential barriers and
positive adaptations for a diverse set of institutional and community
settings. As a result, the report will help project leads to envision how
their idea would come to fruition, identify what has worked in a situation
similar to their own, and build new collaborative partnerships that harness
food's synergistic power.
The report is available in html or pdf from this link:
http://projectsoil.ca/ontario-public-institutions-and-on-sit
e-food-production-visualizing-the-future-for-health-care/

Please share widely through your networks, don't hesitate to contact me
with questions or comments, and thank you in advance for your support and
twitterpation.

SUGGESTED TWEETS:
Public land for food, therapy and rehabilitation! Visualizing the Future of
Health Care http://projectsoil.ca/2017/01/04/future/

Interested in growing food on public land? Gardening for therapy? Check out
"Visualizing the Future of Health Care" http://projectsoil.ca/2017/01/
04/future/

sunny days,

Phil Mount

Principal Investigator
Project SOIL <http://projectsoil.ca> (Shared Opportunities on Institutional
Land)

Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems

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