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Northern Healthy Foods Initiative: Promoting Community Food Self-Sufficiency and Business Development

The Northern Healthy Foods Initiative, founded by Ministers of Healthy Living, MAFRI, and Northern Affairs, focuses on building local food self-sufficiency, conducting milk price reviews, and fostering northern food business development. Since its inception in 2004, the initiative has prioritized community grants for projects related to nutrition awareness, local food production, and food system change. Partnerships with regional organizations and community-driven projects aim to lower food prices, support local agriculture, and promote healthy living practices in northern communities.

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Northern Healthy Foods Initiative: Promoting Community Food Self-Sufficiency and Business Development

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  1. Northern Healthy Foods InitiativeFounding Ministers: Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Northern Food Prices Report 2003 mandated by the Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet

  2. Summary Recommendations of the Report 1. Northern Food Self-sufficiency (building community capacity for greater food self-sufficiency) 2. Milk Price Review 3. Northern Food Business Development 4. Northern Community Foods Program (food sharing programs) 5. Northern Greenhouse Pilot Project 6. Northern Gardens Initiative 7. Northern Food Prices Survey

  3. Operationalizing the Report • Commenced operations in final quarter of 2004/05 Cabinet approved priorities: • Northern gardens • Local food self-sufficiency • Nutrition awareness • Local food business development

  4. NHFI community grants budget

  5. NHFI community grants budget

  6. Service Delivery Model Text MAFRI Healthy Living Regional Partners NHFI Healthy Child Other Depts FNIH PHAC Conservation NGO

  7. Our focus • Community level projects with those non-political people who are committed to their community. • Regional level organizations that provide support, organize stakeholders, and provide activism. • Creating a mix of projects, community/regional development, and turning “lessons learned” into an increasingly more effective program.

  8. COMMUNITY PRIORITIES Food system change Unique local projects Lower Prices LOWER PRICES GROW GARDENS

  9. “Grow North”

  10. “Grow North” – Activities Northern Greenhouse “Veggie Adventure” Other Local Agriculture Special Projects Gardening 8 Communities This is year one “Best practices” Frontier schools Germinating in 22 schools 28 - 30 Communities Large knowledge Deficit 4 Communities Chickens Goats 15 Families 160 + Freezers in Communities 3 Refrigeration Units Total

  11. Mb. Council on Child Nutrition/Healthy Living/ANA/FNIH “healthy bodies, healthy minds” project in North Eastern Manitoba Healthy Kids/Healthy Futures report Kids in the kitchen “Drop the pop” Breakfast for Learning School snack and lunch programs

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