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Good Food Box &
Market Programs
December 11th, 2-3:30pm
Food Access Peer Learning Circle
2pm, Welcome & Introduction to Sustain Ontario and Food Access
Peer Learning Circle
2:10pm, Introduction & Overview of Good Food Box Programs from
across the province:
Debbie Field, FoodShare
Ruth Ingersoll & Jim Mallabar, Community Development Council of Quinte
Bridget King, Sudbury & District Good Food Box
Natasha Beaudin, Ottawa Good Food Box & Good Food Markets
2:45pm, Background to Good Food Box Network
Lorna McCue, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
2:55pm, Discussion, next steps, and questions from participants
Note: A recording of the full webinar will be available roughly one week after the event.
Webinar Agenda
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Sustain Ontario
A province-wide, cross-sectoral alliance
that promotes healthy food and farming.
We envision and work to provide
coordinated support for the development
of food systems that are healthy,
equitable, ecological, and financially
viable.
Sustain Ontario
Membership & Support
Why become a Member?
1) Support the work of the alliance
2) Inform our agenda & priorities
3) Participate in learning & networking
opportunities
Food Access
Peer Learning Circle
An avenue to:
strengthen existing collaborative networks,
share tools, resources, and best practices
support initiatives across the food
community
find agreement on ideas for government
and the network to move forward on
What are some steps your
program has taken to be
sustainable?
How have you found a balance between
volunteers and paid staff?
Or maintaining a price point for your GFB
with rising price of food, space for rent,
etc.?
How have your programs
adapted to meet different
needs in your community?
Do you have options to meet the needs
of different groups in your communities?
How was this need identified?
Did having different branches to your
program create challenges?
Discussion, Next Steps,
Questions
How have your programs
incorporated locally grown
food?
Is this a priority? How do you find a
balance with cost?
How do you think your GFB has supported
local agriculture in your area? Can GFB
programs offer similar stability for farmers
as a CSA model?
Are there policy ideas that
Good Food Box & Market
Programs spark?
What government supports would help
further this food access model?
How could a province-wide
network of Good Food Box &
Market programs strengthen
this work?
What is needed to re-invigorate the GFB
network? How do we pick up from where
the network left off? What is needed from
such a network?
How have your programs
incorporated gleaning?
Working with other organizations and
farmers in your community to incorporate
food that would otherwise go to waste?
Is this another way to include in-season
fruits and vegetables? (Yet to not replace
the importance of purchasing from local
growers)
What questions or topics
would you like to discuss?
Please use the chat function to direct
questions to the Host (Sustain Ontario)
Thank you for joining us!
Please make sure to fill out the survey at the
end of the event – it helps us immensely!
If you have any questions about the Food
Access Peer Learning Circle please be in
touch: Bronwyn Clement,
A recording of this webinar will also be
available on Sustain Ontario’s blog within the
next two weeks.
