Local And Just

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After coming home from being out of town for four weeks my garden looked like a jungle and I was having a hard time getting down to the business of weeding: the site of all those weeds was daunting and I didn’t know how or where to get started. Fortunately for me, I have a [...]

March 28, 2011 – The Manitoba Alternative Food Research Alliance (MAFRA), based at the University of Manitoba, has announced funding for thirteen community food projects across urban, rural and northern Manitoba. MAFRA received over 40 proposals from across Manitoba. The projects ranged from proposals for urban agriculture projects, to community food assessments. “It was overwhelming [...]