Resources

Forest and Freshwater Foods

• Beyond the Fields: The Value of Forest and Freshwater Foods in Northwestern Ontario (2014) by Ontario Nature

• Find about foraging events and workshops hosted by Ontario Nature, and check out their Northern Forest Foraging Guide and Best Practices Harvesting Guide.

• Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate (2010) by John Kallas 

• Where People Feast: An Indigenous People’s Cookbook (2007) by Dolly and Annie Watts 

• This video draws attention to the under appreciated value of forest foods and the growing forest food movement in northern Ontario

Food Production

• Ecological Farm Internships: Models, Experiences, and Justice (2017)
• The Workforce Multiplier Effect of Local Farms and Food Processors in Northwestern Ontario (2013)
• Northwestern Ontario Specialty Crop Market Report (2013)
• Changing Demands on Agricultural Land: Are Reforms Urgent? (2013)
• Canada’s Growing Appetite for Local Food (2013)
• Places to Farm: Alternative Practices and Policies for Ontario’s Changing Agricultural Landscape (2013)
• Farm Where You Are: A profile of new northwestern Ontario organic farmers (2010)
• Thunder Bay District Agricultural Economic Impact Study (2009)
• Find more procurement resources by visiting the Ontariofresh News & Resources page
• Interested in local producers or how we're going to feed ourselves in Northwestern Ontario? Check out the linked videos. 
• Workshop series for local food producers led by Chris Blanchard (Flying Rutabaga): 
• Fearless Farm Finances (2013)
• Saving Labour On The Market Farm (video)
• Capturing and Organizing Data (video)
• Marketing Horticultural Crops (video)

School Food Environments

• Healthy Schools Resource Guide (2015)
• School Food Environments in Thunder Bay: An Inventory Project of Food Programs and Initiatives in Elementary and High Schools (2019)
• Healthy Fundraising Options (2019)

Indigenous Food Circle

• The Indigenous Circle Phase I Update Report (2018)
• Understanding Our Food Systems: Building Food Sovereignty in Northwestern Ontario Phase II Final Report (2019)
• To access information on what the Circle has been working on over the past year, follow the Sustainable Food Systems Lab Research ~ Engage ~ Collaborate ~ Act website for awesome videos from their gatherings and links to their collective work!

Other Useful Links

• The Thunder Bay Food Charter
• Canada's Food Guide (2019)
• Lakehead University Grocery Bus Service Pilot Phase I (2019)
• Lakehead University Grocery Bus Service Pilot Phase II (2019)
• Unraveling the Food-Health Nexus (2017)
• What Makes Urban Food Policy Happen? (2017)
• Sustain Ontario launched the Ontario Food and Nutrition Strategy (2017)
• The Get Fresh! Guide recipe cards for local food
• Ontario's Local Food Report 2015/2016 (2016)
• Check out the Food Action Network's website for a range of local programs and resources
• Get connected with Sustain Ontario - The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming, and learn about great transformative initiatives taking place elsewhere in Ontario
• Learn about how the landscape of food and farming is being changed from the ground up by visiting Food Secure Canada
• Check out the Research page on Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable's website for excellent student research and public health reports
• FoodShare Toronto is a non-profit community organization whose vision is Good Healthy Food For All. Visit their website and find out more about gardening and resources for educators.
• The Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth of culinary tourism in Ontario. Find out more about OCTA by visiting their website
• The team behind Growing Food Connections conducts research on food systems planning. Their website includes educational opportunities and an impressive database with policies from other places, from policies to protect farmland to backyard chicken policies.