Local Food System

BECAUSE WE VALUE A LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM, WE SUPPORT

• Local farmers and their commitment to sustainable stewardship of food producing lands.
• Policies, programs and infrastructure to ensure that locally grown food is available in the future.
• Land use policies that protect food producing lands.
• Policies to increase procurement of locally grown food where people live, learn, work, and play.
• Increased understanding of the challenges involved in producing food locally.
• Opportunities that connect people to the land and farmers to the people.
• Access to wild foods obtained by fishing, hunting and gathering.

*Farm:  In the Food Charter, references to “farm” includes land and water farming along with gleaning, foraging, harvesting, and all types of growing.

• Farmers/Retail
  • Local Farms and Community Shared Agriculture Programs 
  • Local Seeds, Seedlings and Plants 
  • Farmers’ Markets 
  • Foodland Ontario
  • Peterborough & the Kawarthas Culinary Tourism Alliance
  • Kawartha Choice

• Community
  • Community Gardens
  • Nourish Project
  • Seasoned Spoon
  • Local Food Events 
  • Grow at Home

• Local Food Research 
  • Cultivating a Fertile Environment for Urban Agriculture in the Greater Peterborough Area (2017)
  • Municipal Food Policy: Entrepreneurs – Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
  • Best Practices in Local Food: A Guide For Municipalities –  Ontario Municipal Knowledge Network (OMKN)
  • Farmers’ Market Voucher programs
  • Farmland, Farmers and Food Production in Peterborough County
  • Other Research and Consultations from the Peterborough Alliance for Food and Farming 

Visit Local Food Peterborough, your community guide to local good throughout the Peterborough Region.  

Learn about local food and meet local farmers and harvesters though these short videos

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