Taking Back Our Food Chain Agenda
Monday, March 26, 2018 – Day OneBus departs Best Western parking lot at 8:15 a.m. |
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9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast & Registration |
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
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12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. | Bagged Lunch |
1:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
Regional Food Update
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3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Nutrition Break |
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
Roundtable Discussion – Update from the Communities |
Nutrition break on Day One is sponsored by Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 – Day TwoBus departs Best Western parking lot at 8:00 a.m. |
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8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
(1 ½ hrs) |
Building Values into Food Distribution
Moving small volumes of food across vast distances creates challenges. Learn how others are working together in our region to overcome these challenges and create more opportunities for local producers, and also how BC is collaborating to support remote food access.
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10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. | Nutrition Break |
10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
(1 ½ hrs)
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Co-operatives, Order Consolidation and Group BuyingThis session will provide an introduction to the co-operative model and provide examples of co-ops. Also presenting are two representatives from food buying clubs in the region, one that services Northwestern Ontario and the other in Fort Severn First Nation.
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12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. | Bagged Lunch |
12:45 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
(1 ¾ hrs)
Sessions run concurrently |
Food Growing and GreenhousesHear how two First Nation communities are taking food production into their own hands and learn about two structured food growing models.
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Local Food PracticesThis session will explore ways that people in Northern communities are continuing to get food from the land and grow their own food. Also presented are examples of programs that encourage and increase food literacy.
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2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | Nutrition Break |
2:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(1 ¾ hrs)
Sessions run concurrently |
Community StoresRepresentatives from two Ontario First Nation community operated stores will share on this panel, along with a representative from Arctic Co-ops, which is owned and directed by 32 autonomous community-owned and controlled Co-operatives in northern Canada.
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Social Enterprise ModelsSocial Enterprise is a relatively new term – this session will provide an introduction to social enterprise and look at two social enterprises operating in Northern Manitoba.
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Nutrition breaks on Day Two are sponsored by Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 – Day ThreeBus departs Best Western parking lot at 8:00 a.m. |
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8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
(1 ½ hrs) |
Keynote AddressByron Beardy and Raquel Koenig – Four Arrows Regional Health Authority Wapekeka Land Based Programming – Clara Winnepetonga, Derek Winnepetonga, Jonas Beardy and Edward Anderson |
10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. | Nutrition Break |
10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(1 ¼ hrs) |
Planning for Community Food SystemsAsset mapping and social enterprise readiness Facilitated by Emmett Ferguson, Charles Levkoe and Jen Springett |
12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Traditional Feast |
12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
(2 ½ hrs)
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Detailed Community Project Planning2-3 facilitated sessions based on feedback from Day 2. Potential topics:
Facilitated by Emmett Ferguson, Charles Levkoe and Jen Springett |
Nutrition break on Day Three is sponsored by Municipality of Sioux Lookout.
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