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