by weaver | Jan 14, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
Food Insecurity is a Result of Inequity and Poverty Food insecurity is primarily the result of inequity. This is most evident in the financial constraints too many people experience. Unprecedented inflation and rising costs of food, housing, transportation, etc.;...
by weaver | Jan 8, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
Urban agriculture is thriving in the Thunder Bay area. Through continued participation in urban agricultural activities, people and organizations are showing their interest in local action to increase access to fresh food, enhance the environment and build a stronger...
by weaver | Jan 7, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
Schools across the region have been working hard to include food literacy skills and healthy, sustainable, culturally appropriate and local foods in their programs, both inside and outside the classroom. There are a multitude of approaches to help ensure system-wide...
by weaver | Jan 4, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
The Thunder Bay Area encompasses the City of Thunder Bay and its surrounding municipalities. Its landscape includes the shore of Lake Superior, swaths of Boreal Forest and rocky Canadian Shield as well as deposits of rich soils in the lower-lying river valleys which...
by weaver | Jan 3, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
Institutional procurement of local food in this area has been driven by the efforts of the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay. Over the past 15 years the City has become an advocate for locally produced foods, having endorsed the Thunder Bay Food Charter...
by weaver | Jan 3, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
Food Businesses and Employment Local farms and food processing are an important component of our economy. According to the 2013 Thunder Bay Multiplier Study, “many jobs were lost in Ontario as a result of the economic depression since 2008. However, food...
by weaver | Jan 3, 2023 | 2022 Report, Analysis
The Thunder Bay Region is home to grasslands, meadows, numerous freshwater lakes and is surrounded by the Boreal forest which provides an abundance of wild game, fish, berries, mushrooms and much more. Forest and freshwater foods present a potential growth area that...
by weaver | May 17, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
Urban agriculture has been on the rise in recent years within the Thunder Bay area. The number of community gardens has more than tripled since 2008 and have increasingly been created for different purposes. The most common type of community gardens are located in...
by weaver | May 17, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
Local schools are already doing a lot to include healthy eating, food skills and local foods in their programs both in the classroom and in the food served. An increasing number of schools have taken the initiative to develop vegetable gardens, pollinator friendly...
by weaver | May 12, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
The Thunder Bay District features a variety of farms. The single largest use of farmland is crop production with 45,943 acres or 80% of land in 2011 being put to this use. The main field crops grown in the area are barley, wheat, oats, corn, soybeans, potatoes and hay...
by weaver | May 12, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
The landscape has shifted in a few short years in terms of the effort institutions are making to buy local food. For instance, the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay has become an advocate for locally produced foods, having endorsed the Thunder Bay Food Charter...
by weaver | May 12, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
Food Businesses and Employment Local farms and food processing are an important component of our economy. According to the 2013 Thunder Bay Multiplier Study, “many jobs were lost in Ontario as a result of the economic depression since 2008. However, food production...
by weaver | May 11, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
There has been a huge surge of interest among people in the Thunder Bay area in learning about what foods are available in our region and how to harvest them sustainably. In part this has been driven by the efforts of organizations such as Ontario Nature, who have...
by weaver | Apr 26, 2022 | 2015 Report, Analysis
The root cause of food insecurity is poverty. This means that if poverty indicators rise, food access concerns become more acute. According to the Thunder Bay Poverty Strategy (2014), specific groups in our community experience poverty at a greater rate than others....
