My weekly roundup of articles, websites or videos that caught my recent attention:
Farm to Table in Compton, QC (embedded above). This is a short YouTube video from Canadian Tourism that highlights some growers and producers in Compton, a small farming community in the Eastern Townships. Their YouTube channel has lots of similar videos for regions across the country.
penser avant d’ouvrir la bouche. I really encourage you to check out this great francophone blog, very similar to The Mindful Table, that focuses on sustainable and local food around Montreal. A fabulous read and resource!
Real Food Sources in Ottawa. This is an excellent selection of places where you can buy good, ‘real’ food produced sustainably in the Ottawa and Gatineau region, courtesy of Kat’s Food Blog. If you live in this area, bookmark the page!
Cows on Drugs. In this New York Times op-ed, Donald Kennedy, the ex-commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that one of the simplest steps for the public health is eliminating the use of antibiotics to promote growth in animals raised for food (see linked article). This isn’t a new idea, and there is lots of evidence to back it up. It is nice to see a major US paper having an op-ed on this topic. I’d love to see a similar profile discussion here in Canada.
Fed Up With School Lunch. Unlike Canada, the US has a national school lunch program. This blog is the project of a teacher in the US who committed to eating, and photographing, her school’s lunch every day for a full school year. It’s a bit horrifying, especially when juxtaposed with the school lunches featured by guest posters providing school lunches in other countries like France and Korea. I have no idea what the lunches in Canadian schools are like, but I sure hope we’re doing better than the US public school system.
In our school board, we’ve been working very hard to bring higher quality, healthier food to the students whether they like it or not. Gone are most of the fast foods (I think there may be fries once a week), and in this school, at least, there’s a salad table to choose from, all for VERY reasonable prices.
That’s really heartening to hear! Thanks for letting us know.
My high school had 2 caf lines, and a separate ice cream counter. So we had the option of unhealthful snacks, but real food was always the priority.
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