15% Food Budget Increase for Ontario’s Long-term Care Homes
In July 2022, new regulations were adopted in Ontario under the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021 that provide long-term care homes with a 15% funding increase to nutritional support.
City of Thunder Bay’s Pioneer Ridge Long-Term Care Home Buys 30% Local Food
New policies & processes automatically include year-round and seasonal ingredients and foster the development of relationships with new growers
City seeks Indigenous-led partners in food
The purchasing model developed by the City of Thunder Bay has built-in criteria that considers more than just price, assigning value to diversity, inclusion, social justice and sustainability.
Working with a Broader Public Sector Institution – Farmer Feedback
From COVID stability to shared product expertise, feedback from the three farmers we asked about their experiences supplying Pioneer Ridge was very positive.
What do the 2022 Food Procurement Indicators Tell Us?
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...
Food Access Programs Using Local Food
Institutions are not the only ones starting to buy local food. Organizations involved in food access initiatives are trying to do their part to support farmers from the area too. As food prices go up, local food is also becoming more cost competitive. In 2015, the...
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
The Regional Hospital continues to use locally grown potatoes in their menu. This past year they began using large whole carrots from a local farm and added a homemade soup to the menu using locally grown cabbage. The Regional Hospital is also host to a farmers’...
City of Thunder Bay Buys Into Local Food
Over 2014 the Thunder Bay and Area Food Strategy worked with the City on a local food procurement project that aimed at increasing that amount of local food being sourced by the City’s Homes for the Aged and daycares by 10%. Following this, the City identified 6 local...What do the 2015 Food Procurement Indicators Tell Us?
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...
What Does “Local Food” Mean Anyway?
Local food is difficult to define. Oftentimes institutions talk about local as meaning food grown in Ontario. Other times the term “local” is used to talk about food from Northwestern Ontario or food from around Thunder Bay. The Thunder Bay + Area Food Strategy does...
What are the Issues Around Food Procurement in the Thunder Bay Area?
Due to the emergence of centralized distributors, the loss of local food infrastructure, and the dominance of corporate food service companies, food is now sourced from all over the world. This means that within the Thunder Bay Area, the rest of Ontario, and much of...
2022 Food Procurement References
Wylie-Toal, B., et al. (2013). Local Food Provision in Ontario’s Hospitals and Long-Term Care Facilities. Bevilaqua, C., (2014). City of Thunder Bay Supply Management, Personal Communication, March 14, 2014. Thunder Bay + Area Food Strategy. (2022). Community Food...