Haliburton County Food Net
The goal of the Haliburton County Food Net Working Group is to ensure all residents of Haliburton County are well nourished and have access to healthy food to promote and maintain good health. We believe that all residents of Haliburton County should be able to access food in a way that upholds basic human dignity and that the food is safe, nutritionally adequate, personally acceptable and culturally appropriate. A sustainable food system that maximizes self-reliance and social justice is necessary to reach this goal. In summary, Food Net works together as a not-for-profit community partnership to help move toward community food security. The Haliburton County Food Net includes representation from:
Together our objectives are:
Any approach to truly address food insecurity needs to consider the"big picture" and what can be done to benefit the whole community. Capacity building is most effective when a well-planned, long-term approach is taken. These strategies are most effective when the people in the community are included and involved in identifying solutions. For more information about Food Net or how to get involved with food programs, please contact Rosie Kadwell, Public Health Dietitian and Chair of Food Net, at 705-457-1391 ext. 238 or by email. To learn more about how to reduce poverty in Haliburton County, please go to www.hkpr.on.ca/news.asp?id=3079 (if the direct link doesn’t work, go to www.hkpr.on.ca and click on Topics (left hand side) and then Reducing Poverty (right hand side)).
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