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<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;" lang="EN">Here’s a summary of the latest updates on the website of the Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable.
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<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;"><img src="cid:1.2691556535@web142301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" alt="Food_Charter_word_cloud_resized_rs200x229.jpg" align="left" height="99" hspace="12" width="87"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">1.
Endorse the Waterloo Region Food Charter!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"> <br>
The Roundtable’s online consultation on a Food Charter drew tremendous input, and we now present to you the final draft! Add your or your organization's name to the list of those endorsing Waterloo Region's new Food Charter by April 1<sup>st</sup>.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/01/endorse-the-waterloo-region-food-charter">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">2. Advocating for Supportive Municipal Food Policies</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">The Roundtable continues to provide input into how it thinks local municipalities should be supporting the local food system, and you are invited to help in this advocacy work.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/06/advocating-for-supportive-municipal-food-policies">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">3. Reducing Waste on the Weekly Grocery Run</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=302">Judy Paul</a> gives some excellent ideas on how to reduce waste on your weekly grocery run.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/04/reducing-waste-on-the-weekly-grocery-run">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">4.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">A Locavore's Dilemma - A Book Review, Part I</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=318">Gemma Charlebois</a> has posted part one of her critical review of "In Praise of the 10,000-mile Diet."
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/02/27/a-locavores-dilemma--a-book-review-part-i">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;"><img src="cid:2.2691556535@web142301.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" alt="fish.jpg" align="right" height="90" hspace="12" width="200"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">5.
Catch of the Day - How Do You Choose Your Fish?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><br>
Fish have many nutritional benefits, but <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=278">
Kim Bretz</a> wonders how we should choose which fish to eat if we're concerned about health and environmental issues.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/02/23/catch-of-the-day--how-do-you-choose-your-fish">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">6.
<span style="color:black;">Stop the Land Grabs<br>
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=72">Louisette Lanteigne</a> thinks land banking schemes in Ontario (where companies buy up farmlands for development into housing
or quarries) pose a risk for water and farmlands. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/11/stop-the-land-grabs">
Read more</a>.<b></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">7.
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Reflections on Our Food System<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/index.php?p=view_profile&member_id=51">Candace Wormsbecker</a> asks whether being a food consumer makes one more prone to waste food than being a food producer.
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/blog/2013/03/10/reflections-on-our-food-system">
Read more</a>.</span></div>
<div style="margin-right:365.05pt;line-height:14.4pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">8</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">. Upcoming Events<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN">Here are the Foodie events in the Region for the next few weeks. If you have a Foodie event you want to tell others about, post it on our
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events">Events</a> page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;" lang="EN"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/food-system-sustainability-addressing-local-barriers-to-success/#event">Food System Sustainability</a> – Monday, March 18, 9am-3pm, Owen Sound<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/exploring-your-new-farm-dream-2/#event">Explore your Farm Dream</a> – Tuesday, March 19, 6:30-9:30pm, Kitchener<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/advocating-for-policy-change-to-your-local-municipality/#event">Advocating for Municipal Food Policies</a> – Wed, March 20, 10:30am-12:30pm, Waterloo<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/protecting-our-food-supply/#event">Protecting Our Food Supply</a> – Monday, March 25, 7pm, Waterloo<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/the-true-cost-of-meat/#event">The True Cost of Meat</a> – Tuesday, March 26, 6:30pm, Kitchener<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.wrfoodsystem.ca/events/nfu-awards-night-and-farmers-dinner/#event">NFU Awards Night and Dinner</a> – Thursday, March 28, 6pm, Arthur</span></div>
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