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Food Security & Health: Community Nutritionists Making The Connection. Joint Medical Health Officers & Community Nutritionists Council Meeting October 6th, 2003. By Laura Kalina, R.D.N., M.Ad.Ed. Nutrition and Food Security are Critical Components of Population Health.
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Food Security & Health: Community Nutritionists Making The Connection Joint Medical Health Officers & Community Nutritionists Council Meeting October 6th, 2003 By Laura Kalina, R.D.N., M.Ad.Ed.
Nutrition and Food Security are Critical Components of Population Health
What are we doing in our own communities to build Food Security and improve population health?
Food Security Continuum Stage 1 Short-term relief (efficiency) Stage 2 Capacity Building (transitional) Stage 3 Redesign Emergency/Charitable Food Programs Community Kitchens & Gardens Food Policy Network
Stage 1Short Term Relief Charitable/Emergency Food Programs • Food Banks • BC Sharing • Food Recovery Programs
Stage 1 Food Banks
Stage 2: Capacity Building Community KitchensVictoria www.comunitykitchens.ca
Cooking Fun For Families Vancouver
Pregnancy Outreach Program Kootenay Boundary Health Services
Stage 2 School Gardens
Stage 2 Community GardensVernon
Community Garden Pregnancy Outreach Program Williams Lake
Raised Garden Beds Canim Lake Reserve
Stage 2 Good Food Box
Good Food Box Vernon
Stage 2 Shop Smart Tours
Food Security Continuum Stage 1 Short-term relief (efficiency) Stage 2 Capacity Building (transitional) Stage 3 Redesign Emergency/Charitable Food Programs Community Kitchens & Gardens Food Policy Network
The Lower Mainland Food Council Food Policy Task Force established July 2003
Growing Green • Develop law & policy reform to make growing & distributing food in BC more sustainable • Strengthen capacity of voluntary organizations
School Food & Nutrition Policy ProjectInterior Health Authority
Tremendous Support for Food Security/Policy at Grassroots Level • BC Food Systems Network www.fooddemocracy.org
Opportunities to Move Food Security/Policy Forward at the Governmental Level • Provincial Health Officers (food security resolution) • Core Services Document • Public Health Act