Food Security
Community food security is defined as a situation where all community residents obtain a safe, culturally acceptable, nutritious diet through a sustainable food system that maximizes community self-reliance and social justice.1
Food Security means…
• People can afford and are able to access nutritious and safe food that they enjoy eating.
• Everyone can access food in a way that does not compromise human dignity.
• Food is grown and accessed in ways that are environmentally sound and socially just.
• Everyone will have enough food to eat.
• We can feel confident about the safety and the quality of the food we eat.
Food Security Inventory 2010 includes more information about community food security and provides a listing of food programs and food-related initiatives in our communities.
Emergency Food Programs in the Parry Sound District (French coming soon)
Emergency Food Programs in the Nipissing District (French coming soon)
Nutritious Food Basket
Every year in Ontario, Public Health Dietitians take part in a project called the “Nutritious Food Basket” (NFB). They visit grocery stores across their health unit districts to cost a set list of food items. This list represents a healthy eating pattern that follows Canada’s Food Guide and reflects the eating patterns of Canadians. To view The Price of Eating Well in the North Bay Parry Sound District click here.
To calculate your weekly cost of eating well click here.
1 Hamm HW and AC Bellows. 2003. Community Food Security and Nutrition Educators. J Nutr Educ Beh. 2003;35:35-43. |
