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2013 Funded Community Proposals

The following community proposals have received MAFRA  funding for 2013-2014: Cross Regional: Change the Normal                                             $4,000 Share the Fruit                             [...]

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Winnipeg Community Garden Soil Quality Project

Winnipeg Community Garden Soil Quality Project

Growing food in the city can present some unique challenges compared to rural settings. Cars, industry, and other sources emit contaminants, which then settle out onto nearby soil. Food grown on this soil can sometimes take up these materials, leading to exposure by those eating it. Whether or not there is any significant risk to [...]

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St. Vital Community Food Assessment

St. Vital Community Food Assessment

It’s easy to overlook the unique features of the food system in different neighbourhoods.  Does every neighbourhood have access to community gardens and farmers market? How much food is being produced in a community? Are there some neighbourhoods with more fast food stores or more food related programs than others? Food Matters Manitoba has been [...]

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Growing Food Justice, the Manitoba Way

Growing Food Justice, the Manitoba Way

This year we supported our first round of community projects. Sixteen projects in all were funded across Northern, rural, and urban Manitoba.  As the harvest of food has come in this fall, we have also been fortunate to receive a harvest of lessons learned and good news stories about food projects across Manitoba. Let us [...]

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Food Prices on the Rise

Food Prices on the Rise

Statistics Canada released the latest inflation data this week, and the results aren’t good for anyone filling up a grocery cart.  Over the last year, grocery prices have jumped nearly 5% – much higher than the price increases for other goods.  While 5% doesn’t sound like a lot, that’s an extra $7.50 a week for [...]

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Creating Change, One Policy at a Time

Creating Change, One Policy at a Time

Whether it is food security programs in BC, farmers’ market infrastructure in Ontario, or northern community gardens in Manitoba, Canada’s provincial governments have developed a wide range of innovative programs and policies to address food security.  These are documented in the 2011 edition of Provincial Approaches to Food Security.    This annotated collection provides information about [...]

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