Draft Food Assessment Available for Comment

Hi Calgary,

Thank you for your patience while we completed the DRAFT Calgary Food System Assessment and Action Plan.  

The Draft Food System Assessment outlines baseline information, issues, opportunities and best practices associated with each element of Calgary’s food system (production, processing, distribution, access and preparation, consumption and waste recovery).

A gap analysis of what currently exists and what is needed to achieve the vision will inform the development of a community action plan.  The action plan will be further informed through stakeholder engagement on April 27^th and May 1^st, 2012 and through your feedback.

We want to hear from you on the content of the DRAFT document:

·        Are the right issues, opportunities and recommendations identified?

·        Do you have examples of best practices or related stories from other cities or from right here in Calgary that could be included?

·        What additional items are needed to strengthen the community action plan?

·        How you would like to be involved in implementing the action plan?

How you can access the DRAFT Calgary Food System Assessment and Action Plan?

·        At the open house on May 1^st , 2012 in the Atrium area on the main floor of the Calgary Municipal Building (700 Macleod Trail SE) from 3pm-6pm

·        Online at: http://www.calgary.ca/CA/cmo/Pages/Calgary-Food-System-Assessment-and-Action-Plan.aspx

Comments should be emailed no later than May 6^th, 2012 to:

food@calgary.ca

or sent in writing to:

Rebecca Newlove

Office of Sustainability, City Manager’s Office

The City of Calgary

P.O. Box 2100, Station M, Mail Code 8003

Calgary, AB T2P 2M5

Next Steps

·        Comments received by May 6^th, 2012 will be reviewed and will assist in preparing the final proposed Calgary Food System Assessment and Action Plan.

·        The Final Food System Assessment and Action Plan will be presented to Standing Policy Committee on Community and Protective Services (CPS) on Wednesday June 6^th, 2012.

·        Members of the public are welcome to speak at the Committee meeting, which starts at 9.30am.  An agenda will be publicly available on http://www.calgary.ca/.

Calgary Chefs Speak Out About Sustainable Food Systems

Calgary Food Committee Member Kristi Peters Snider recently took some time to chat with a number of local Calgary chefs to talk about the what they are doing to pursue a more sustainable food system.

Read Article Here


Are you a local chef?

Please take 15 minutes to take our chefs survey.

Hellman's Takes a Look at Food Sourcing in Canada

This is a pretty interesting video put out by Hellmanns (Mayonaisse Co.). Where are food comes from is an big part of what we are looking at.

CFC Participating in Seedy Saturday

Hey Calgary!

The Calgary Food Committee will be at Seedy Saturday tomorrow at Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre 1320 5th Avenue SW from 10:00am - 3:00pm. Come on down and chat food with Committee Members and check out all the other amazing vendors that are participating.

Calgary Seedy Saturday is part of the worldwide Seedy Saturday/Sunday events that celebrate open-pollinated seeds. In Calgary, the event is coordinated with the support of the Community Garden Resource Network.

For more information visit their website

Calgary Eats! video

We want to thank Chelsea Pratchett from My Voice Calgary for making us this awesome video from our event on January 28th. Was so much fun!

Food System Information Boards

We are happy to post the information boards from the CALGARY EATS! 

Get your hands on a whole ton of information around the work the Calgary Food Committee is undertaking!



Deadline for Submissions

The closing date for input into the Food System Assessment and Action Plan is this coming Sunday.

Don't forget to have your say into building a sustainable and resilient food systemn for the Calgary region!

It will only take 10 minutes of your time.

TAKE THE SURVEY