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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Please find below the latest
update on Waterloo Region's food system as described on the website of the
Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable at <a href="www.wrfoodsystem.ca">www.wrfoodsystem.ca</a>.
Join discussions of the topics below and many more on our <a
href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=forum/view_forum&forum_id=10001">Discussion
Forum</a>. <b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Ontario's Good Food Map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sustain Ontario has produced a graphical representation of
its recently-released discussion papers on the the state of the province's food
system. The Good Food Map features the 10 Good Food Ideas from Sustain's <i>Menu
2020</i> and provides links to further information on those ideas and more.
See <a href="http://sustainontario.com/OntarioGoodFoodMap.html">http://sustainontario.com/OntarioGoodFoodMap.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Municipal Elections Toolkit on Food Issues<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sustain Ontario has created a toolkit for voters to pressure
municipal electoral candidates to make healthy, local, sustainable food a
municipal election priority. Voters can use the toolkit to engage with
candidates to ensure that farm and food issues are part of their election
platforms. The <a
href="http://sustainontario.com/initiatives/municipal-elections-2010">Municipal
Elections Toolkit</a> outlines priority farm and food issues, and provides some
helpful hints for organizing events and meetings with elections candidates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Anita Stewart's Food Day 2010</span></b><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Canadian celebrity chef Anita
Steward is organizing the eighth annual Food Day, which is taking place this
Saturday, July 31, at public events and private barbeques across the country.
The idea is to celebrate our regional diversity, culinary creativity and local
food by getting people together to cook and eat, and tell stories of your
get-togethers on the Food Day website. See details at <a
href="http://foodday.ca">http://foodday.ca</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Garden Coordinators Wanted<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:normal'>KW Urban
Harvester is lookng for two new coordinators to start this October</span></strong><b><span
lang=EN-US>.</span></b><span lang=EN-US> One coordinator for the Sharing
Backyards program - this means updating <a href="http://kw-uh.wikidot.com/">the
website</a>, printing out pamphlets, distributing them at different events and
just getting the word out. The second coordinator would be the garden
coordinator - organizing it as a community garden (either collectively or with
private plots), and doing outreach to get people to come garden. If you are
interested, please e-mail Chaylene at <a
href="mailto:kwurbanharvester@gmail.com">kwurbanharvester@gmail.com</a> . Each
coordinator position would go for one full year. This is flexible if need be.
No experience needed.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming Food Events<br>
</b>Full details on upcoming food-related events in Waterloo Region can be viewed
under <a href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=9">Upcoming Events</a> on
the Roundtable's website. To share news of your event, email details to
the Roundtable's <a href="mailto:MXuereb@regionofwaterloo.ca">Site
Administrator</a>, who will post it to the website. Some upcoming
highlights include:<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:black'>S</span><span
style='color:black'>atur</span><span style='color:black'>day, July </span><span
style='color:black'>31, 12:30pm</span><span style='color:black'> - </span><span
style='color:black'>Foodprint Toronto Symposium, Whychwood Barns, Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Tuesday,
August 3, 6:30pm - Cook Local Cook Fresh, Kitchener Market<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Saturday,
August 14, 1pm - Canning Salsa, Little City Farm, Kitchener<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Sunday,
August 15, 10am - Berry Growing, Garden Party, St Agatha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Marc Xuereb<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>staff support to
the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>c/o 99 Regina
Street South, 3rd Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Waterloo, ON N2J
4V3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>519.883.2004
x.5872<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="mailto:MXuereb@regionofwaterloo.ca">MXuereb@regionofwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>[Note new email
address: please start using this one.]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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