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<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal; font-family: sans-serif; ">Please
find the latest Waterloo Region Food News below. WRFoodNews archives can
be viewed at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/wrfoodnews">http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/wrfoodnews</a>,
and you can receive timelier updates by subscribing to the Waterloo Region Food
System Roundtable’s blog at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=blog.RSS">http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=blog.RSS</a>.
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<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">1. Eaters Unite to Rebuild Our Food System</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">The
People’s Food Policy Project is calling on Canadians to sign a pledge
supporting a National Food Policy that connects food, health, agriculture, the
environment and social justice. If you support a national food policy that
localizes the food system, addresses poverty, and supports farmers, then sign
the pledge at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/pledge">http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/pledge</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">2. Roundtable Seeks New Members</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">The Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable wants you to join it in
working toward a healthier food system. The Roundtable's eighteen members meet
five times per year, and most members get involved in working groups to help
work on identified food system priorities. Nominations are due by November
14, 2011: see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=blog.ViewPost&post=35">Roundtable
blog post</a> for full details.</span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></b></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">3. American Planning Association promotes Food Policy Councils<br>
</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">The
American Planning Association has released a briefing paper on Food Policy
Councils (FPCs). The report provides an overview of FPCs, charts the functions
of planners with FPCs in a detailed matrix, highlights common ways that
planning departments support FPCs, and offers lessons learned. For a link
to the full paper, see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/forum/viewthread/10634">post by Judy Maan
Miedema</a> on the Roundtable Discussion Forum.</span></div>
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">4. Federal Government Threatens Canada Wheat
Board</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal; font-family: sans-serif; "> <br>
Food Secure Canada is asking Canadians to join a campaign to pressure the
Canadian government not to dismantle the Canada Wheat Board. It claims the
Wheat Board puts more money in farmers’ pockets, protects farmers from
the power of transnational grain companies, and keeps control of our grain
marketing system in the hands of Canadian farmers. See details in the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/canadians-support-farmers-decision">Food
Secure Canada blog post</a>.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">5. Soup Sisters Warm Hearts of Homeless Youth
and Women</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal; font-family: sans-serif; "> <br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.soupsisters.org/">Soup Sisters</a> is a non-profit
organization with a mandate to support women and children at risk residing in
emergency shelters, and youth in crisis transitioning from street culture into mainstream
society. Now a K-W chapter makes soup for shelters like ROOF and Marillac Place
on a monthly basis. Join in monthly get-togethers to make soup with
others in an atmosphere of camaraderie at the Culinary Studio on Belmont Avenue
in Waterloo. See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.soupsisters.org/waterloo-soupsisters.php">http://www.soupsisters.org/waterloo-soupsisters.php#</a>
for details.</span></h3>
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">6. COG Hosting Several Organic Week events</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; font-weight: normal; font-family: sans-serif; "> <br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.organicweek.ca/index.php">National Organic Week</a> is
October 15-22, and the Perth-Waterloo-Wellington chapter of Canadian Organic
Growers is hosting several events to celebrate it. Events include farm
tours, film screenings, bake sales, and more. Local events are listed on
the Roundtable’s <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events">Events page</a>.</span></h3>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "> </span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">7. Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">Mark Bittman, food columnist for the New York Times, wrote an
excellent piece on the true costs of junk food. He concludes that
it’s still cheaper to eat good healthy food if you cook it yourself, and
that we need to address many of the systemic barriers to eating healthy
food. See the full article at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all</a>.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">8. Upcoming Food Events</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "> </span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "></span></b></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">LOTS of Foodie events in the next couple of weeks! Post your
own Foodie events on our <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events">Events</a>
page and view details on these and other upcoming events.<br>
</span><b><i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: serif; "> </span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "></span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/dirt-the-movie-film-screening-3/#event">Dirt:
The Movie</a>, Monday, October 17, 7-9pm, Stanley Park Library, Kitchener</span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/take-a-bite-out-of-climate-change-bus-tour-2/#event">Take
a Bite out of Climate Change Tour</a>, Saturday, October 22, 9am-3pm, various
farms near Guelph</span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/food-waste-exploring-broad-based-solutions/#event">Food
Waste: Exploring Broad-Based Solutions</a>, Tuesday, October 25, 6:30-8:30pm,
Forest Heights Library, Kitchener </span></div>
<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/bring-food-home-conference-2011/#event">Bring
Food Home Conference</a>, Thursday, October 27-Saturday, October 29,
Peterborough</span></div>
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<div class="yiv142957385MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: sans-serif; ">Marc
Xuereb</span></b></div>
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