Title: Northern Healthy Foods Initiative Founding Ministers: Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs
1Northern Healthy Foods InitiativeFounding
Ministers Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and
Northern Affairs
Northern Food Prices Report 2003 mandated by the
Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet
2Summary Recommendations of the Report
- 1. Northern Food Self-sufficiency
- (building community capacity for greater food
self-sufficiency) - 2. Milk Price Review
- 3. Northern Food Business Development
- 4. Northern Community Foods Program (food sharing
programs) - 5. Northern Greenhouse Pilot Project
- 6. Northern Gardens Initiative
- 7. Northern Food Prices Survey
3Operationalizing the Report
- Commenced operations in final quarter of 2004/05
- Cabinet approved priorities
- Northern gardens
- Local food self-sufficiency
- Nutrition awareness
- Local food business development
4NHFI community grants budget
2005/06 2005/06 2006/07
Description Description Description ( 000) ( 000) ( 000)
Regional projects 66 66 66 135 135
"Grow North" grants 47 47 47 67 67
Agricultural support 30 30 30 67 67
Education grants 9 9 9 90 90
Special community projects 5 5 5 90 90
Program administration 22 22 22 30 30
Total Total 179K 179K 179K 479K
5NHFI community grants budget
2007/08 2008/09 2008/09
Regional Partners 120.0 140.0 140.0
Grow North Agricultural Support 67.0 47.4 47.4
"Grow North" Material/Equipment 88.4 28.0 28.0
Education grants/projects 63.3 82.2 82.2
Special Community Projects 265.3 287.2 287.2
Subtotal 604.0 584.8 584.8
Program administration 30.0 30.0 30.0
Total 634.0K 634.0K 614.8K
6 Service Delivery Model
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Healthy Living
MAFRI
NHFI
Regional Partners
Healthy Child
Other Depts
FNIH PHAC
Conservation
NGO
7Our focus
- Community level projects with those non-political
people who are committed to their community. - Regional level organizations that provide
support, organize stakeholders, and provide
activism. - Creating a mix of projects, community/regional
development, and turning lessons learned into
an increasingly more effective program.
8COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
Food system change
Unique local projects
Lower Prices
LOWER PRICES
GROW GARDENS
9Grow North
10Grow North Activities
Northern Greenhouse
Veggie Adventure
Other Local Agriculture
Special Projects
Gardening
8 Communities This is year one Best practices
Frontier schools Germinating in 22 schools
28 - 30 Communities Large knowledge Deficit
4 Communities Chickens Goats 15 Families
160 Freezers in Communities 3 Refrigeration
Units
Total
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