Fondue Friday. Dining with a group is better for our health, so why is everybody eating alone? Recently, I was watching Instagram stories while preparing a meal from Chef's Plate, a food-delivery service that ships recipes and premeasured ingredients to customers' front doors. As the videos scrolled by, I saw that two other friends were also in the midst of putting together their own Chef's Plate meals. That is, we were all about to eat the exact same food separately, in our own homes. It seems funny, until you realize that a majority of Canadians often eat by themselves. "Meals are becoming a lonely institution in Canada," says Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, dean of the faculty of management at Dalhousie University. He's the lead author of "Disintegration of food habits," a May study that found 66.8 per cent of Canadians eat breakfast alone and 57.7 per cent eat solo at lunch.
Story continues below advertisement Eating among company is healthier than eating alone in a number of ways, especially if we begin in childhood. Eventbrite. No value creation without culture - Corporate culture is the glue. Sustainable value creation cannot be created for only one group The most successful organisations understand that the purpose of any business is to create value for customers, employees, and investors, and that the interests of these three groups are inextricably linked. Therefore, sustainable value creation cannot be created for one group unless it is created for all of them. When broadly defined, value creation is increasingly being recognized as a better management goal than strict financial measures of performance, many of which tend to place cost-cutting that produces short-term results ahead of investments that enhance long-term competitiveness and growth. As a result, value creation should be the first priority for all employees and all company decisions.
Organisations that emphasize clearly defined cultures that are aligned with company value creation enjoy better performance, greater financial gain and long-term employee commitment. Curt Anastasio, CEO, NuStar Energy: Crowd-sourcing to get our Reverse Food Truck on the road! – Parkdale Food Centre. Our dream at PFC is to have our own leased van.
Many of our neighbours-in-need have mobility issues and would not receive food assistance without transportation to/from the Centre from our staff and volunteers . This becomes particularly essential during the winter. Staff and volunteers have also been using their own vehicles to collect large food donations, frequently from distant suburban or rural locations. In both cases, this results in poor or unreliable access to the Centre for our neighbours-in-need and food donors alike and makes program planning as well as delivery difficult. We are very excited that the Taggart Parkes Foundation has given us a 3 year commitment to lease a van for PFC that would allow us to pick up our clients, take them to the Centre and back home again, as well as transport large food donations coming from a distance.
This van is also going to be a “reverse food truck,” accepting food donations at community events. Update [January 23, 2015] : WOW! Our Good Food Box // Sponsoring a Neighbour – Parkdale Food Centre. Groceries can be expensive and this is often the reason why people come to Parkdale Food Centre. Statistics Canada has indicated that the price of fresh vegetables from January to May of 2014 increased by 5.3% and that the cost of meat increased by 7.5% compared to 2.6% and 1.0% for the same products for the same period of time in 2013. That’s a lot. To help alleviate the stress on our neighbours who want to cook with fresh fruits and vegetables, we’re asking people to sponsor a Good Food Box for a neighbour in need. The Good Food Box is a non-profit, community based initiative that allows people to buy fresh fruits and vegetables at wholesale prices.
It’s open to everyone in our community! If you don’t have time to volunteer with the PFC, or have difficulty donating fresh produce, this is an excellent way to make a big difference to someone or a family in need. There are a two easy ways to sponsor Good Food Boxes: PFC 2014 Facts : By the Numbers – Parkdale Food Centre. Thanks for supporting Bountiful Tables! – Parkdale Food Centre. Taking the Reverse Food Truck to a new location: online! – Parkdale Food Centre. We’re happy to announce that today we launched the world’s first Online Reverse Food Truck at parkdalefood.reversefoodtruck.ca. This new and innovative channel for donations will give the local community here in Ottawa, and the broader community online a chance to help one of Ottawa’s most dynamic food organizations through convenient, online giving.
The Reverse Food Truck is built on Shopify’s ecommerce platform and allows supporters to donate fresh food, personal hygiene items, or support the centre’s workshops without visiting the Centre during regular operating hours. “The Reverse Food Truck is open 24 hours a day, 7 days per week to accept donations. Many of our supporters enjoy choosing specific items to bring in, and often, parents will involve their children in the discussion about what donations they would like to provide,” says Hilary McVey, Fundraising Chair on the Board. Ottawa’s Parkdale Food Centre launches community social enterprise | Ottawa Business Journal. When Karen Secord used to hear the word “innovation” she would often think of high tech, satellites and even that famous futuristic cartoon family, The Jetsons. “Now I know innovation is far more than that,” the manager of the Parkdale Food Centre told guests of the official launch of its social enterprise, Growing Futures, held Thursday at the new Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards.
The food centre is working with Ottawa businesses, community partners and school children to plant, grow and harvest fresh produce, using innovative indoor systems before selling the produce to the local foodservice industry. Secord came up with the idea after being selected to participate, in late 2015, in a unique residency on economic equality at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
Now, the food centre is looking to expand the initiative. In honour of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the PFC wants to install 150 of its garden towers and garden walls around the city. Growingfutures. Locally Grown Gourmet Lettuce? – Parkdale Food Centre. By Sue Hall Have you heard of growing food without soil? Have you heard about kids/youth caring for a garden right in their own classroom, community centre or community house?
Well, that is exactly what we are doing! Food and Finance: Growing Futures, is a project that is engaging our children and the youth of our community. When you partner them up with local businesses, and you have a new gene ration of healthy, entrepreneurial children that are excited to share their experiences with family and friends. The Food and Finance: Growing Futures Project was born from an idea that the Director of PFC, Karen Secord had one day. She realized that if we bring in the children and get them excited about eating healthy at an early age, then change becomes easier. So how are we doing this? From seeds, to seedlings, to planting, to harvesting, kids are taking ownership and pride in growing their own food.
Local business owners are also on board! Each location site has a different story. The ‘Growing Futures’ project at Connaught Public School – Parkdale Food Centre. My wife, Joan, and I had high expectations when we went to observe a grade 4-5 class learn and work on their Growing Futures project that was already underway. Nevertheless, we came away from the experience two hours later astounded by what we had witnessed. The centrepiece in the classroom was the project’s ‘food tower’ which was lush with lettuce and herbs growing out of pockets on its sides. The Project Manager and cheerleader for the project in this and other Ottawa schools is Sue Hall. She has already successfully introduced the Growing Futures in two Connaught School classes, and in other Ottawa schools, with more to come. The teacher of the class of about 20 kids, was Michele Richardson. Ld product, the production process, and a lot more. This experience will make a small but enduring difference in the development of these children.
G10076 RG Board Oversight of NFP Program Evaluation October 2016. G10076 RG Board Oversight of NFP Program Evaluation October 2016. KEVIN KOSSOWAN — Terroir. Weekly Menu Plan #91 | The Girl Who Ate Everything. These Classic Chicken Fajitas are just that. Chicken fajitas full of flavor, perfectly seasoned, easy, and just what you want when you’re craving fajitas – no funky stuff. When I was training for my marathon I joined a running group at my YMCA. We would run every Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
The leader of the group always emphasized that you should run on the road against traffic as it is better on your knees and so you can be aware of cars coming at you. Holland College Bootcamps. Starting in 2008 as a pilot project, Holland College Culinary Bootcamps were developed in conjunction with the provincial Department of Tourism’s mandate to promote culinary experiences on Prince Edward Island. Kicking off this new project with 10 themed, full-day and half-day bootcamps, the concept took off like wildfire and fast became a “must-do” experience in Prince Edward Island.
The Culinary Institute of Canada is known primarily as a first-rate teaching school for hundreds of students. The success of the inaugural bootcamps gave the CIC the opportunity to build in this reputation, showcasing the state-of-the-art facility while providing bootcamp visitors with a unique, hands-on culinary adventure. Over the past eight years, the bootcamps have become popular with all sorts of food lovers including locals, corporate groups and visitors from every part of the world.
This year, The Culinary Institute of Canada offers over 40 culinary camps from May-September. Why Is Self Reliance Important for Sustainable Development? - Community Empowerment Network. Self-reliance is defined by independence. It is the ability to think and act without the help or influence of others, the ability to decide what you should be or do. Dependency is the act of relying on others to make decisions for an individual. This causes people with power and privilege to take responsibility for the lives of those that are less fortunate.
Dependent people learn to rely on others, failing to find the motivation to solve problems on their own. This learned helplessness is a learned behavior that to be reversed before an individual can become self-reliant. The Community Empowerment Network (CEN) believes self-reliance is vital for residents in developing countries to successfully govern their own lives and economies. An example of the need for additional self reliance was illustrated a few years ago in the tiny community of Suruacá. After the meeting, Djalma Lima, one of the participants in our Amazon Prototype Project, took Bob aside and said, "I get it now. How to Become Self-Reliant. 4 Ways to Be Self Reliant. Expert Reviewed Four Methods:Developing Independent HabitsManaging Money IndependentlyLiving with Self-RelianceFeeling Emotionally Self-ReliantCommunity Q&A Although being in a committed, bonded relationship can enrich your life, feeling unable to function without another person could lead to a problem like Relational Dependency.[1] Relational Dependency is a progressive disorder, meaning that the relationship may start off healthy but one person becomes gradually more controlling of or dependent upon the other, which can lead to an unhealthy relationship.
Furthermore, self-actualization is needed for personal growth and is thought to be an essential need that motivates our behavior.[2] In general, those who are independent and self-reliant typically survive and function better in society than those who are dependent on others for happiness and sustainability. Steps Developing Independent Habits Managing Money Independently Living with Self-Reliance Feeling Emotionally Self-Reliant Tips. One Island Aims to Localize Our Food System, Strengthen Local Self-Reliance | Taste It. Same Canoe Farmers Market shoppers One Island Sustainable Living helps spread the word about locally produced products by facilitating ways to connect local food producers with those who market, prepare and consume that food.
“One part of our non-profit mission is to foster food systems transformation,” says Marcy Montgomery, founder and director. “Our goal is to assist local communities in reclaiming their local food systems. We work with partners from agriculture, health and wellness, local schools and the food service industry.” Those partners include farmers markets, grocers and restaurants, chefs and consumers. Low Income Families and Seniors Double It!
Same Canoe Coupon Book Winner for dinner at Redwater Cafe For example, a recent Same Canoe Local Food Challenge hooked up 552 SNAP/EBT (Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program) households with farmers and fresh produce through a Double It! Double It! Promoting Use of Canoe Crops Popular food offered by local farmers. Coupon Book. Practical Projects - Permanent Culture Now. Seed Economics Exploratory and experimental piece looks at the value of seed saving and sharing as an economic model in its own right and as a way of supporting the local resource based economies of the future. Community roots (community food growing permaculture project) How we setup a food growing project on a old tennis court. Permaculture books A great list of useful permaculture books to use to develop a future world of equality and sound ecology.
How to pickle rat tail radish pods How to pickle rat tail radishes. Community self reliance: the end of Employment? This piece looks at community self reliance and the end of employment Permaculture allotment plot – lessons learned Lessons I have learnt from my permaculture plot. Urban Permaculture: creating resilient small scale Cities for the future Urban permaculture as a means of helping to bring about a permanent culture based on sound ecology and abundance.
The Community Garden Movement in Philadelphia 3 amazing community gardens in Philadelphia. Introduction to self reliance - Permanent Culture Now. In this section on self reliance we will provide the necessary information to move towards a permanent culture by reducing dependency on moneygenerating local resourcesliving more sustainably All within the boarder context of our transition to an abundant and sustainable future. We hope that we will be able to provide you with some interesting, useful and insightful ways and means of moving towards self reliance in what ever capacity you can manage. A renewed interest in Self reliance Self sufficiency is back in the news, and for all of the right reasons, people want to grow and provide their own food and resources so they know where it has come from. It is a force for social change Creating self reliant communities However, becoming self sufficient in the UK and across the world is an impossible dream for many.
The importance of urban self reliance Urban self reliance, a blueprint for a permanent culture So keep checking back for our latest articles about how to become self reliant. Lunch Lessons Learned for the Longterm: D.C. Farm to School Program Brings Local Foods to Local Schools. Cooking Laboratory. Food Prep – Week 8 | The Lean Green Bean. Round out the roasting repertoire: Croquettes become another way to artfully employ leftovers. Check Out These Winning Architect-Designed Little Free Libraries | Apartment Therapy Main. Garden Planning: Part 4 Create A Seed Starting Schedule | Floret Flower Farm. A Reminder to Embrace These 4 People | Darling Magazine. Community Hubs - Ontario EcoSchools. The knowledge: Baking sourdough at home | Jamie Magazine. Heading out for a meal? How find a sustainable place to eat.
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Aspiring farmers can look to ‘free leases’ to realize Green Acres goal | Vancouver Sun. Vertical Farming - The Latest Trend For Producing Food! Detroit's getting a new "Agrihood," looks to transform neighborhood through sustainability. A Portland Start-Up Delivers Local, Organic, Plant-Based Groceries to Your Door | Groceries & Markets | Portland Monthly.
Gift Guide: Support local with these gifts for cooks and foodies - Apt613. Our Most Valuable Non-Renewable Resource Is Time | Mel Wilson. Beyond Food: Community Gardens as Places of Connection and Empowerment - Project for Public Spaces. Whole Foods partnership a boon for local food business. How Elon Musk's brother Kimbal Musk is disrupting farming with 'food revolution' Cheap Food Is a Myth. Edible Austin Fresh 2017 by Edible Austin. This easy sheet-pan salmon supper will start 2017 just right. How organic farming will save us all – if we can throw away our antiquated notions of what it means. Greener Partners. This Hospital Prescribes Fresh Food From Its Own Organic Farm. Turning food waste into fuel for learning | Jamie's Food Revolution | Jamie Oliver. Perennial Edibles: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Nuts. New Yorkers: This Service Recycles Your Tree And Helps Homeless Teens. Open Food Network - Open Food Network Canada.
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