Community Food Directory

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction The Sudbury & District Health Unit Catchment Area ...... v City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter ...... vi

Sudbury & District Health Unit Catchment Area Resources Popula on Health and Wellness Free Meal Programs ...... 1 Food Banks ...... 2 Meals on Wheels Programs...... 9 Nutri onal Allowances ...... 12 Other Organiza ons ...... 13

Community Development Community Gardens ...... 16 Plant A Row Grow A Row ...... 17 Hor cultural Socie es ...... 17 Community Kitchens ...... 18 Community Food Advisor Program ...... 20 School Nutri on Programs ...... 21 Canada Prenatal Nutri on Programs ...... 23

Introduc on i TABLE OF CONTENTS

Community Development cont’d Family and Community Food Programs ...... 24 Good Food Box Program ...... 26 Grocery Delivery and Transporta on ...... 26 Transporta on to Grocery Stores ...... 27 Grocery Store Bus Transporta on ...... 27 Food Budge ng • Credit Counselling ...... 28 Food Co-ops ...... 29 Community Building Ini a ves ...... 29

Investment in the Regional Food System Farm-to-Table Sales ...... 30 Important Food Safety Tips for Food from the Farm...... 31 Agriculture and Food Educa on ...... 32 Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) ...... 33 Farmers’ Markets • Farm Fresh Products ...... 34

Development of a Sustainable Food System Community Food Security Networks ...... 37 Organiza ons Suppor ng Sustainable Environments ...... 38 Policy ...... 41

Introduc on iii Sudbury & District Health Unit Catchment Area

MAIN OFFICE 1300 Paris Street Sudbury, ON P3E 3A3 Phone: 705.522.9200 Fax: 705.522.5182

CHAPLEAU MANITOULIN ISLAND 101 Pine Street East 6163 Highway 542 Box 485 Box 87 Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0 Mindemoya, ON P0P 1S0 Phone: 705.860.9200 Phone: 705.370.9200 Fax: 705.864.0820 Fax: 705.377.5580

ESPANOLA SUDBURY EAST Espanola Mall 1 King Street 800 Centre Street, Unit 100C Box 58 Espanola, ON P5E 1J3 St. Charles, ON P0M 2W0 Phone: 705.222.9202 Phone: 705.222.9201 Fax: 705.869.5583 Fax: 705.867.0474 Introduc on v City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter Resources in the Community Food Security Directory have been organized by the four goals of the City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter The Sudbury & District Board of Health endorsed the City of Greater (see page iv). Sudbury Food Charter in June 2004. The City of Greater Sudbury These goals are: and the municipali es of Killarney, St. Charles, and the Township of • popula on health and wellness Tehkummah on Manitoulin Island endorsed the Charter on September • community development 15, 2004. • investment in the regional food system Given that access to safe, aﬀ ordable, nutri ous food is a basic human • development of a sustainable food system right of individuals and communi es, and connects us to our families, Resources in this directory may be listed under more than one heading, our cultures, and our tradi ons; reﬂ ec ng the interconnectedness of our food system. And that community food security is a comprehensive approach that includes all components of the food system, from producers to If you are aware of other programs and services that should be consumers, and promotes regional food self-reliance; included in this directory, call 705.522.9200, ext. 257 with the And that having a food secure community is the founda on of informa on. popula on health, social jus ce, community-based economic development, and a sustainable environment. Therefore, the Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council, including The City of Greater Sudbury, the Social Planning Council of Sudbury, and the Sudbury & District Health Unit, will work towards the development and implementa on of a community food security mandate that supports research, policies, and programs that will endorse: 1) Popula on Health and Wellness: Individual and household food security as a determinant of health; and Adequate income, employment, housing, and transporta on policies that ensure food accessibility and availability to all ci zens. 2) Community Development: Food self-reliance through community-based food programs, such as community gardens, fresh food box programs and collec ve kitchens. 3) Investment in the Regional Food System: A regionally-based and community-driven food system; The viability of agricultural and rural communi es; and The development of regional value-added agricultural produc on, food processing and distribu on systems. 4) The Development of a Sustainable Food System: Support for ini a ves that minimize the loss of bio-diversity, resource deple on, and climate change, and that raise the awareness of global environmental issues. vi Introduc on Introduc on vii Population Health and Wellness Free Meal Programs

ELGIN STREET MISSION 344 Elgin Street Sudbury, ON P3E 3N9 Phone: 705.673.2163 Email: [email protected] Contact: Rose Gale Hours: Daily: 6 to 7:30 p.m. (Supper), Mondays to Fridays: 7 to 9 a.m. (Breakfast), Saturdays and Sundays: 10 a.m. to noon (Brunch)

INDEPENDENT LIVING SUDBURY MANITOULIN 125 Durham Street Sudbury, ON P3E 3M9 Phone: 705.675.2121 Services: Meal program for members only. Cooking and nutri on workshops are also available to members.

OUT OF THE COLD HOT MEAL PROGRAM St. Andrew’s United Church 111 Larch Street, 3rd Floor Sudbury, ON P3E 4T5 Phone: 705.674.0721 Fax: 705.674.2762 Email: [email protected] Contact: Jim Dickson/Alan Ritchie Hours: Friday evenings from November to the end of April from 6 to 7 p.m.

THE BLUE DOOR SOUP KITCHEN Samaritan Centre 344 Elgin Street, Box 2 Sudbury, ON P3E 3N9 Phone: 705.675.5300 Fax: 705.674.6205 Email: marieturco [email protected] Contact: Marie Turco e Hours: Open ﬁ ve days a week from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Popula on Health and Wellness 1 Services: The Blue Door Soup Kitchen off ers a nutri ous hot meal from COLLÈGE BORÉAL Monday to Friday for 200 to 250 people. A team of volunteers helps 21 Lasalle Boulevard out every day. Funding comes from individual or group dona ons and Sudbury, ON P3A 6B1 income tax receipts are provided. Phone: 705.560.6673, ext. 2810 Services: For Collège Boréal students experiencing a fi nancial THE SALVATION ARMY NEW LIFE CENTRE emergency. For more informa on, speak with the welcome staff at the 146 Larch Street Services d’appui a l’appre ssage, the Learning and Support Services Sudbury, ON P3E 1C2 Centre, (room 2010 in Sudbury or at 1.800.361.6673, ext. 2110), or Phone: 705.673.1175 through campus representa ves. Fax: 705.673.3187 Contact: Major Carey DONOVAN FOOD BANK Email: david_carey.can.salva onarmy.org 468 Antwerp Street - Grace Hall Hours: Open 24 hours, seven days a week Sudbury, ON P3C 4M9 Services: Meals are available from Monday to Friday: Breakfast at 7 Phone: 705.923.7712 or or 705.822.9154 a.m., lunch at noon, and dinner at 4:30 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday: Hours: Open the last two Wednesday’s of each month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast at 8:30 a.m., and lunch at noon. There is a charge of $3 per ID is needed for proof of address. meal, however Sunday lunch is FREE. INNER CITY HOME OF SUDBURY Food Banks 251 Elm Street West Call fi rst for informa on. Sudbury, ON P3C 1V5 SUDBURY Phone: 705.675.7550 CAMBRIAN COLLEGE STUDENT’S ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL FOOD BANK Fax: 705.675.1652 1400 Barrydowne Road, Room 1164 Contact: Mary Ali Sudbury, ON P3A 3V8 Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.566.8101, ext. 7305 Hours: Drop-in and hospitality hours are from 10 a.m. to noon and services Fax: 705.524.6895 are off ered from 1 to 4 p.m. Email: [email protected] Services: Includes emergency food bank, life skills courses, crisis counseling, Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. resourcing and follow up and individual budge ng support. Services: Students wishing to access this service must provide their Cambrian College Student ID and fi ll out an informa on card. In addi on to the food bank, they also provide food vouchers for Food Basics grocery stores. Students can access the emergency food bank up to three mes per semester and may receive food vouchers twice per semester. If a student uses the food bank more than three mes, they are referred to the Sudbury Food Bank.

2 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 3 LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY FOOD BANK SALVATION ARMY FOOD BANK Students’ General Associa on (SGA) • L’associa on générale des étudient(e)s (AGE) 634 Notre Dame Avenue 935 Ramsey Lake Road Sudbury, ON P3C 5L5 Lauren an University Student Centre, Room SC212 Phone: 705.566.8151 Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6 Hours: Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Phone: 705.673.6547 Services: Served on a ﬁ rst come, ﬁ rst serve basis. Please bring ID, as well as Fax: 705.673.6555 expense and income statements for service. Contact: Charles Wilson Email: sga@lauren an.ca SUDBURY ACTION CENTRE FOR YOUTH Hours: Mondays to Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays from 9 a.m. to 105 Elm Street noon. Students can use this service up to three mes per year. Sudbury, ON P3C 1T3 Phone: 705.673.4396 NEW SUDBURY FOOD BANK THROUGH INNER CITY HOME Hours: Monday to Saturday, evening meal available 1169 Dollard Street Services: Available to youth 16 to 24 years of age, for those who access other Sudbury, ON P3A 5P5 services only. Phone: 705.675.7550 Contact: Mari Ali, Execu ve Director SUDBURY FOOD BANK Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon. It is closed for the 1105 Webbwood Drive month of August, so you are welcome to go to Inner City Home at that me. Sudbury, ON P3C 3B6 Phone: 705.671.9663 ST. ALPHONSUS FOOD BANK Fax: 705.671.9503 1422 Bancro Drive Contact: Daniel Xilon, Execu ve Director Sudbury, ON P3B 1S7 Phone: 705.673.9591 Phone: 705.566.9409 Email: [email protected] Hours: Thursdays from 3 to 5 p.m. for Minnow Lake area residents only. Website: www.sudburyfoodbank.ca Services: To request a hamper, leave a message on the answering machine Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as no one is available to answer the phone. Calls will be returned on Services: Provider for local food banks Wednesdays. The food bank provides enough food for approximately three days and allows one visit per month. Deliveries consist mostly of non- GREATER SUDBURY perishable food items and some perishable when available. CAPREOL: BREAD AND ROSES FOOD BANK 72 Young Street ST. MATTHEW’S FOOD BANK Capreol, ON P0M 1H0 264 MacKenzie Street Phone: 705.858.2591 Sudbury, ON P3C 4Y6 Contact: Marie Jones Phone: 705.673.2933 Hours: Open every third Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hours: Open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Summer hours (July Services: Provides services to Capreol residents only. and August) Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon).

4 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 5 CHELMSFORD: FRIENDSHIP HOUSE FOOD BANK ONAPING: FALLS FOOD 100 Gaude e Street Onaping Community Centre Chelmsford, ON P0M 1L0 2 Hillside Drive, Suite F Phone: 705.855.4848 Onaping, ON P0M 2R0 Contact: Bill Goddard, Director Email: [email protected] Hours: Open Mondays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with pick up me Website: www.facebook.com/pages/Falls-Food/14657023503 between 12 and 1 p.m. 41984?fref=photo Services: Available to residents of Azilda, Chelmsford, and Dowling. Hours: Open the last two Wednesdays of the month from 4 to 7 p.m. Services: Oﬀ ers non-perishable food items to individuals and families in the CONISTON: CONISTON FOOD BANK communi es of Onaping Falls and Car er. 40 Pine Street Coniston, ON P0M 1M0 VAL CARON: SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, ST. KEVIN’S CONFERENCE Phone: 705.694.5050 THRIFT STORE, FOOD BANK, AND ELECTRONIC RECYCLING DEPOT Contact: Ger 2506 Highway 69 North Hours: 1 to 3 p.m. Val Caron, ON P3N 1K6 Services: Available to residents of Coniston and surrounding area. Phone: 705.897.1212 Fax: 705.897.3338 GARSON: GARSON COMMUNITY FOOD BANK Email: [email protected] 600 O’Neil Drive West, Brady Park Clubhouse Website: www.mysudbury.ca/ssvp_valcaron Garson, ON P3L 1K1 Contact: Maria Harte (Food Bank) or Sandra Prokulevich (Thri Store) Phone: 705.592.2294 Hours: Monday to Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fax: 705.671.9503 Services: Serves Val Caron and Valley East. Services include food bank Contact: Janice Peer use, thri store, as well as an electronic recycling centre where unwanted Email: [email protected] electronics will be recycled safely and responsibly. Hours: The food bank is open Tuesdays from noon to 3 p.m. Services: Provides non-perishable foods for Garson, Falconbridge and Skead. WALDEN: WALDEN FOOD BANK 215 Sixth Avenue HANMER: GOOD NEIGHBOURS VALLEY EAST FOOD BANK Lively, ON P0M 2M0 4680 Lafontaine Street (Upstairs in the Old Fire Hall) Phone: 705.919.6541 Hanmer, ON P3P 1J9 Hours: Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. Phone: 705.566.1283 or 705.593.2022 Services: Serves residents of Walden. Contact: Anne Unwin Hours: Open on the last two Wednesdays of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services: Emergency Food Bank

6 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 7 ESPANOLA: ESPANOLA HELPING HAND FOOD BANK LTD. MARKSTAY: ST. MARK PARISH 87 Centre St., Unit C 17 Church Steet Espanola, ON P5E 1S4 Markstay, ON P0M 2G0 Phone: 705.869.4473 (for administra on only) Phone: 705.853.4553 Contact: Susan Kryzanowski (President) or Pauline Girard (Vice President) Contact: Veronica Raymond, Coordinator Email: auntp@sympa co.ca Phone: 705.853.4836 Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hours: Thurdays only

MINDEMOYA: MANITOULIN FAMILY RESOURCES HELP CENTRE FOOD BANK MASSEY: MASSEYWALFORD FOOD BANK P.O Box 181 205 Sauble Street Mindemoya, ON P0P 1S0 Massey, ON P0P 1P0 Phone: 705.377.5532, ext. 242 Contact: Donelda Cannard Fax: 705.377.4863 Phone: 705.865.2450 Contact: Nancy McDermid Hours: Open the second Friday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. Email: [email protected] Services: Provides non-perishable food items. Website: www.mfresources.net Meals on Wheels Programs Hours: Tuesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services: Please call Nancy to make a self or agency referral for an emergency These programs deliver hot, nutri ous, full-course meals at a reasonable cost to people unable to a end to their own nutri on needs. Meals are available to food basket. seniors, convalescents, and those who are terminally ill, or physically or mentally challenged. WIKWEMIKONG: WIKWEMIKONG FOOD BANKFAMILY CENTRE Wikwemikong Family Centre • Kina Gbezhgomi Child & Family Services AIDE AUX SENIORS 19A Complex Drive PO Box 370 Wikiwemikong, ON P0P 2J0 44 Christopher Street Phone: 705.859.3122 Noëlville, ON P0M 2N0 Fax: 705.859.2027 Phone: 705.898.2174 Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fax: 705.898.3449 Services: Provides services to Wikwemikong Ontario Works clients. Email: [email protected] Appointment is preferred and clients will be asked to complete an applica on Contact: Sylvianne Cardinal-Pitre form upon arrival. Will consider low-income and seniors but will s ll need an Services: Homemaking, Meals on Wheels, emergency response system applica on or one- me circumstance form. (Lifeline), respite service, transporta on, friendly visi ng and suppor ve housing.

8 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 9 MNAAMODZAWIN HEALTH CENTRE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM AMIKOOK CENTRE MEALS ON WHEELS 48 Hill Street (Aundeck Omni Kaning), Box 760 11 Amikook Street Li le Current, ON P0P1K0 Wikwemikong ON P0P 2J0 Phone: 705.368.2182 Phone: 705.859.2260 Services: Provides hot meals once a week to elders in all fi ve communi es in Services: Provide hot “meals on wheels” to elders 60 years and older on its catchment area: Aun-deck Omni Kaning, Whitefi sh River, Sheshegwaning, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sheguiandah, and Zhi-ibaahaasing. Personal Support Workers provide in- Fridays seniors can drive to the centre for socializing and a hot meal for a home meals, as needed, for clients who meet the requirements. They have a small fee. “Diners Club” 1 or 2 mes a month which provides meals at the elder centre or to people at home as needed. CHAPLEAU HEALTH SERVICES • TURNING POINT 8 Lorne Street South VON MEALS ON WHEELS ESPANOLA Chapleau, ON P0M 1K0 439 Second Avenue, Ste A Phone: 705.864.1919 Espanola, ON P5E 1J3 Contact: Joanne Mione (Director) Phone: 705.869.3304 Services: Provides lunch meals at a cost of $5.50 per meal from Monday Fax: 705.869.4469 to Friday. Also provides dining every second Thursday for seniors. These are Contact: Judy Sullivan, Site Coordinator luncheons held at Cedar Grove at a cost of $6.50 per meal. Email: [email protected] Services: Provides hot meals and a home meal replacement program that MEALS ON WHEELS SUDBURY off ers frozen meals. Fees range from $6 to $6.50 for each meal. 1127 Bancro Drive Sudbury, ON P3B 1R6 Phone: 705.525.4554 Fax: 705.525.4741 Contact: Kelly Zinger, Execu ve Director Email: [email protected] Hours: Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Services: The following meal programs are off ered: daily hot meals, home meal replacements (frozen meals), specialty meals, meals for new moms, as well as seasonal congregate dining opportuni es. Services are available to eligible clients who are over the age of 65 years, convalescent, terminally ill, physically ill, and to persons with disabili es. Fee for service ranges from $6.75 to $7 per meal, and is subject to change.

10 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 11 Nutri onal Allowances: Special Diet, Pregnancy and Breas eeding Other Organiza ons The Special Diet Allowance (SDA) and Pregnancy and Breas eeding RÉSEAU ACCESS NETWORK Nutri onal Allowance (PBFNA) are available for people ge ng Ontario Works 111 Elm Street, Unit 203 (OW) or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). Sudbury, ON P3C 1T3 The SDA can help people with the extra costs of a special diet when they have Phone: 705.688.0500 or toll free 1.800.464.2437 a qualifi ed medical condi on. Fax: 705.688.0423 Contact: Richard Rainville, Execu ve Director The PBFNA can help mothers with the extra costs of a healthy meal plan Email: [email protected] during pregnancy and breas eeding. Website: www.accessaidsnetwork.com To get the SDA form #3111 (English) and form #3122 (French), or the PBFNA Services: Provides services and food vouchers for people living with HIV. form #3109 (English) and form #3116 (French), you must get an original form Suppor ve and outreach services are provided to those living and aff ected at your local OW or ODSP offi ce. Health professionals who can fi ll out and sign by HIV - AIDS and Hepa s C. Food Vouchers and access to a food pantry are your form include: also available to those registered as a client with Réseau Access Network. • Physicians • Registered Nurses in the Extended Class (Nurse Prac oner) CORNER CLINIC • Registered Die ans 344 Elgin Street, Second Floor • Registered Midwives and Tradi onal Aboriginal Midwives Sudbury, ON P3E 3N9 If you do not have a health care provider you can put your name on a list to Phone: 705.673.3721 fi nd a local family doctor or nurse prac oner in your area that are taking Fax: 705.673.8508 pa ents. To register, call or visit: Hours: Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Closed from noon to 1 p.m. Services: Provides many health care services in partnership with other Health Care Connect community agencies. Please note that this is not a walk-in clinic. Contact: 1.800.445.1822

Website: www.health.gov.on.ca/en/ms/healthcareconnect/public/default.aspx EATRIGHT ONTARIO If you need access to a list of local medical resources and op ons for Phone: Toll free 1.877.510.5102 healthcare providers, call or visit: Website: www.eatrightontario.ca Health Care Op ons Hours: Phone services are available Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact: 1.866.330.6206 Eastern Time (ET) with evening hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays un l 9 p.m. Website: www.ontario.ca/healthcareop ons Eastern Time (ET). For more informa on, call the Sudbury & District Health Unit at 705.522.9200 Service: This service allows Ontarians to ask nutri on-related ques ons and to or toll free at 1.866.522.9200. get answers by phone or email from a registered die an. Whether you have a nutri on-related ques on or are looking for a resource, EatRight Ontario is a trusted source for advice on healthy ea ng.

12 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 13 ELIZABETH FRY SOCIETY SUDBURY WOMEN’S CENTRE 204 Elm Street 324-F Elm Street West Sudbury, ON P3C 1V3 Sudbury, ON P3C 1V8 Phone: 705.673.1364 Phone: 705.673.1916 or toll free 1.888.869.9970 Fax: 705.673.2159 Fax: 705.673.7176 Contact: Maureen Schizkoske (ext. 210) Contact: Kelly Sinclair, Program Administrator Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Services: Helps women and youth who are in need as a result of confl ict or at Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed noon to 1 p.m. risk of confl ict with the judicial system or who have just come out of prison. Services: Provides informa on, referral and support services to women who have been impacted by diffi cult life circumstances. The centre off ers public FOYER NOTRE DAME HOUSE educa on, outreach programs, legal clinics, a resource library, internet access, L’Associa on des jeunes de la rue a clothing depot, and workshops about violence preven on and economic 307 Cedar Street independence. Sudbury, ON P3B 1M8 Phone: 705.675.6422 YWCA NEWCOMER SERVICES Fax: 705.675.1719 (Rainbow Mall) Contact: Lise Senecal 10 Elm Street, #112 Email: [email protected] Sudbury, ON P3C 5N3 Services: Homeless shelter for teenage girls and boys ages 16 to 19 years. Direct Line: 705.470.3022, ext. 3259, 3262, 3266 Phone: 705.674.2324 GENEVRA HOUSE Fax: 705. 674.3236 370 St. Raphael Street Email: [email protected] Sudbury, ON P3B 4K7 Services: YWCA Newcomer Services is a program funded by Ci zenship and Phone: 705.674.2210 or toll free 1.800.461.0133 Immigra on Canada and Ontario Ministry of Ci zenship and Immigra on to Fax: 705.688.8816 help provide and support newcomers’ se lement needs. These services include: Contact: Deborah Dumontelle English language assessments, a comprehensive library of mul lingual printed Phone: 705.674.2210, ext. 303 resources; informa on on housing, educa on, health care, and employment; Email: [email protected] referrals to community services; one-on-one computer training, and much Website: [email protected] more. Hours: Open 24 hours a day Newcomers can visit the YWCA in a relaxed environment and learn how to use Services: 32-bed shelter for abused women and children impacted by violence the Internet and email to connect with their country of origin. in their in mate rela onships. Provides temporary shelter and basic needs for Languages of services: English, French, Chichewa, Swahili, Hindi, Tamil, abused women and children. Malayalam, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu, Tagalog, Mandarin, Bulgarian, and German.

14 Popula on Health and Wellness Popula on Health and Wellness 15 Community Development Grow A Row Community Gardens Plant and grow an extra row of favourite veggies and donate the harvest to a A community garden is organized, planted, maintained, and harvested by all local food bank. interested members in a neighbourhood, school, or workplace. Contact: Doreen Ojala GRASSROOTS GARDEN CLUB, LITTLE CURRENT Website: www.growarow.org Phone: 705.368.3711 The Foodshed Project is coordina ng the Grow A Row program for 2015. Local Services: Meets once per month at the NEMI Library, free and open to all. food banks were surveyed and peas, beans, onions, carrots, and salad greens were the top fi ve choices for dona ons. For more informa on, visit the website, STE. ANNE COMMUNITY GARDEN or to register, email [email protected]. Visit Facebook® and 30 Ste. Anne Road make “Ge a Gardener” a friend. Sudbury, ON P3C 5E1 Phone: 705.693.7296 Hor cultural Socie es Contact: Doreen Ojala, Community Garden Coordinator Email: [email protected] MASTER GARDENERS OF ONTARIO PROGRAM Services: This is an independent non-profi t organiza on dedicated to helping SPIRIT GARDEN BETTER BEGINNINGS BETTER FUTURES home gardeners. 450 Morin Avenue Sudbury, ON P3C 5H6 SUDBURY Contact: Jim Eshkawkogan Phone: 705.693.2476 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mgoi.ca Services: The Spirit garden is primarily used as a teaching tool for the children in the summer recrea onal programs. The community is involved; however, the LITTLE CURRENT garden is generally maintained by staff and children. The food that is harvested Phone: 705.368.3247 is used in out-programs or children may bring some home. ESPANOLA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Queensway Pentecostal Church (corner of Hwy. 6 and Queensway Street) WALDEN COMMUNITY GARDEN Espanola, ON 550 Regional Road 24 Greater Sudbury (Lively), ON P3Y 1N9 Phone: 705.869.4899 Phone: 705.692.9668 Contact: Gwen Wilson Contact: Sheila Prusila Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Services: The Espanola Hor cultural Society has an interest in both fl ower and Services: The Walden Community Garden consists of 12 FREE, 10 x 10 vegetable gardens. They have several high-profi le fundraising events each year plots at the Anderson Farm Museum in Lively. Gardeners must use organic that promote the garden while raising money. The Society runs youth programs growing methods, meaning that pes cides and chemical fer lizers cannot be and also maintains the hospital and high schools’ gardens. Recent endeavours used. Gardeners range in age from young children to 74 years old and grow include crea ng a new park in town and consul ng on the Community Garden vegetables, fruit, and fl owers of their choice on their plots. This community Project. garden was reinstated in 2006 by the Walden Community Ac on Network.

16 Community Development Community Development 17 MASSEYWALFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Jardin communautaire Ste Anne, pour les clients de la Clinique du coin, en Phone: 705.865.1725 partenariat avec la Société canadienne du diabète Contact: Klara Kluge • Cours de cuisine pour adultes vivant avec un handicap Email: massey-walfordhor [email protected] • Savourez la santé : un atelier sur la nutri on des né aux adolescents Website: www.masseylibrary.com • Jardin communautaire de Chelmsford, en partenariat avec le Réseau Hours: Meets ﬁ rst Tuesday of every month at the Massey & Township Public d’ac on communautaire de Rayside Balfour Library (705.865.2641) at 7:30 p.m. with occasional guest speakers. OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE • NOS ENFANTS, NOTRE AVENIR MANITOULIN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 201 Jogues Street ASSIGINACK TOWNSHIP Sudbury, ON P3C 5L7 Phone: 705.859.2028 Phone: 705.677.0440 Fax: 705.673.3354 CAMPBELL TOWNSHIP Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.377.5198 Website: www.ourchildren-ourfuture.net Hours: Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed from noon to 1 p.m. SUDBURY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Services: Program runs out of Minnow Lake Place located at 1127 Bancro Website: www. sudburyhor culturalsociety.ca Drive in Sudbury, 4477 Notre Dame Street, Unit 3 in Hanmer, 137 Sheppard Email: secretary@sudburyhor culturalsociety.ca Street in Espanola, and 355 Government Road West in Massey.

Community Kitchens Collec ve Kitchen: This program off ers parents the chance to get together to enhance their skills in planning nutri ous meals for their families. They learn A community kitchen is a place where people meet to plan, purchase, and how to shop on a budget while improving the nutri onal quality of meals by prepare meals to be shared amongst members of the group. swapping ingredients and taking advantage of seasonal and sale products. CENTRE DE SANTÉ COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SUDBURY One session is dedicated to planning meals and preparing shopping lists. A 19, chemin Frood second session is dedicated to meal prepera on. Par cipants enjoy a meal Sudbury, ON P3C 4Y9 together and are able to take their nutri ous meals home with their families. Phone: 705.670.2166 Nos services sont aussi disponibles en français. Fax: 705.670.2587 Contact: Vickie Boucher, secrétaire communautaire Email: [email protected] Services: Off re des services en français. Le Centre de santé communautaire du Grand Sudbury off re les programmes et services suivants: • Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec Vickie au 705.670.2166 • Cours de cuisine pour jeunes de 6 à 9 ans et de 10 à 13 ans à Rayside Balfour, Vallée Est et Coniston (après l’école et durant les vacances d’été) • Cours de cuisine diabé que à la Clinique du coin, en partenariat avec la Société canadienne du diabète

18 Community Development Community Development 19 THE SALVATION ARMY SUDBURY COMMUNITY & FAMILY SERVICES School Nutri on Programs 634 Notre Dame Avenue Sudbury, ON P3C 5L2 BETTER BEGINNINGS BETTER FUTURES BBBF Phone: Intake Worker, Val Clarke-Trusco , at 705.566.8151 STUDENT NUTRITION PROGRAM Fax: 705.566.5211 450 Morin Avenue Email: [email protected] onarmy.org Sudbury, ON P3C 5H6 Contact: Caroline Lewis, Community Ministries Coordinator, at 705.566.8915 Phone: 705.671.1941, ext. 225 Hours: Please call in advance to make an appointment between Monday and Fax: 705.671.1782 Friday. Saturday and Sunday, closed. Contact: Angèle Young Services: Provides emergency family assistance with food, clothing, essen al Email: student.nutri [email protected] furnishings and food vouchers (only at Christmas). Administers the Gi of Sight Services: BBBF is the lead agency for administering the Ministry of Children program (eyeglasses). Limited counselling services available. and Youth Services Student Nutri on Program (SNP). This program supports schools to oﬀ er a nutri on breakfast, snack, morning meal, or lunch If you do not have a phone and cannot make arrangements to come in and program to their students in the City of Greater Sudbury and Manitoulin make an appointment ahead of me, you may wish to wait but you will only be districts, and the City of Greater Sudbury. served a er scheduled appointments are completed and if me permits.

Community Food Advisor Program BREAKFAST FOR LEARNING, CANADIAN LIVING FOUNDATION 164 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 400 For general informa on about the program: Toronto, ON M4P 1G4 Phone: 705.522.9200, ext. 421 Phone: 416.487.1046 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Fax: 416.487.1837 Contact: Tammy Cheguis, RD, Public Health Die an Email: info@breakfas orlearning.ca Website: www.sdhu.com Website: www.breakfas orlearning.ca Services: Community Food Advisors (CFAs) are trained volunteers who Services: The mission of Breakfast for Learning, Canadian Living Founda on, share their knowledge about healthy ea ng through presenta ons, food is “to ensure that every child in Canada a ends school well nourished and demonstra ons, and hands-on cooking to groups in the community. CFAs can ready to learn.” provide informa on on Ea ng Well with Canada’s Food Guide, ea ng on a The founda on supports nutri on programs in three major areas, which budget, and tasty, nutri ous cooking. include grant funding, nutri on educa on, and the Community Partners Program.

20 Community Development Community Development 21 CHILDHOOD • ENFANCE Canada Prenatal Nutri on Programs Phone: 705.969.5136 Contact: Clément Lafrenière, President OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE • NOS ENFANTS, NOTRE AVENIR Email: [email protected] (Valley East, Sudbury, Espanola, Sudbury East, and satellite sites) Contact: Bernard Raymond, Coodinator, 705.673.4266 201 Jogues Street Services: Childhood/Enface is a local, registered, non-profi t organiza on Sudbury, ON P3C 5L7 that provides money for breakfast or snack programs in the schools. Money Phone: 705.677.0440 is not provided for equipment or staffi ng. Childhood/Enface pays local Fax: 705.673.3354 grocery stores directly for nutri ous food purchased by schools for their Email: [email protected] nutri on programs. Since Childhood/Enface is a charitable organiza on, Website: www.ourchildren-ourfuture.net or www.nosenfants- its dona on receipts can be u lized for tax credit. notreavenir.net Services: Crea ng Healthy Babies • Maman et bébé en santé is a SHOW KIDS YOU CARE community-based nutri on and support program for expectant women, 15 Westney Road North their partners, and parents of infants up to the age of six months. It is PO Box 31089 delivered through Our Children, Our Future • Nos enfants, notre avenir Ajax, ON L1T 3V2 in Sudbury, Valley East, Espanola, and Sudbury East. Par cipants receive Phone: 416.287.0385 or toll free: 1.800.447.2458 a bag of fresh produce and milk vouchers. Fax: 416.287.2372 Contact: Kristy Taylor, Execu ve Director N’SWAKAMOK NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE Email: [email protected] 110 Elm Street Website: www.showkidsyoucare.org Sudbury, ON P3C 1T6 Services: Show Kids You Care leads a na onal network of meal programs Phone: 705.674.2128 throughout Canada for kids living in poverty. It is a registered non-profi t Fax: 705.671.3539 organiza on. Canadian Prenatal Nutri on Program (CPNP) Contact: Rose O’Bumawin, Coordinator, ext. 222 THE HUMAN LEAGUE ASSOCIATION Email: [email protected] 471 Ontario Street Sudbury, ON P3E 4K4 Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children Contact: Ursula Abel, ext. 259 Phone: 705.670.8633 Email: [email protected] Fax: 705.670.8674 Contact: Leanne Lavoie, Execu ve Director Health and Wellness Program Email: [email protected] Contact: Ann Marie Recollet ext. 248 and Bridget Elliot, ext. 231 Website: www.humanleaguesudbury.com Email: [email protected] Services: The Human League is a not-for-profi t organiza on based in the Services: This program’s objec ve is to ensure that the healing City of Greater Sudbury – home of the Breakfast Club for Kids, which and wellness needs of the Aboriginal community are addressed by provides local children with a nutri ous breakfast every school day, and implemen ng the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy at the local the P.L.A.Y. program; providing access to extra-curricular ac vi es to level: to reduce family violence, promote healthy lifestyles, and provide children of low-income situa ons. culture-based programming.

22 Community Development Community Development 23 Family and Community Food Programs OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE • NOS ENFANTS, NOTRE AVENIR 201 Jogues Street BETTER BEGINNINGS BETTER FUTURES BBBF • Sudbury, ON P3C 5L7 PARTIR D’UN BON PAS POUR UN AVENIR MEILLEUR Phone: 705.677.0440 or toll free 1.888.677.0440 450 Morin Avenue Fax: 705.673.3354 Sudbury, ON P3C 5H6 Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.671.1941, ext. 229 Website: www.ourchildren-ourfuture.net Fax: 705.671.1782 Services: This group works in partnership with individuals, families Contact: Johanne Thompson and organiza ons to develop and promote community resources and Email: johannet@be erbeginningssudbury.ca programs that nurture healthy children, healthy families, and healthy Baby’s Breath communi es. Par cipants receive a bag of fresh produce and milk Teen pregnancy and paren ng support group for English-speaking vouchers. Nos services sont aussi disponibles en français. parents who are 18 years old and younger. Contact: Johanne Thompson, Program Coordinator PREGNANCY CARE CENTRE & INFANT FOOD BANK (previously called Infant Food Cupboard) Phone: 705.671.1941, ext. 229 or Melissa Long at ext. 219. Hours: Mondays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. 1032 Lasalle Boulevard Sudbury, ON P3A 1K6 Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.673.5003 Le souﬄ é d’un bébé Email: [email protected] Un programme pour adolescentes en voix de grossesses et pour parents Hours: Monday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. adolescents âgés de 18 ans ou moins. Services: Available to babies and toddlers ages 0-35 months, registered Contact : Johanne Thompson, Ges onnaire de programme clients only. Tel : 705.671.1956, poste 229 ou Melissa Long au poste 219 Infant Food Cupboard Heures : Le mardi soir seulement 17 h à 19 h 30 Services: Provides milk, formula, and diapers in emergencies only. COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN CAPC Service is oﬀ ered to clients twice monthly as a relief program. 110 Elm St. Milk program Sudbury, ON P3C 1T5 Services: Available on a weekly basis to clients with babies up to age Phone: 705.674.2128 two that are switching from formula to milk. Clients are given four litres Hours: Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (September to June), of milk at the me of the visit. Mondays to Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (June to September) Care closet Services: Community-based children’s programs delivered by the Public Dona ons of baby clothes and products are made to the Care Closet Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Provides assistance for caregivers and each week. Clients have access to the closet when they come in for children ages 0 to 6 by promo ng nutri on and health, educa on on classes or help. Dona ons to the closet are always welcome. child rearing, and refers clients to community services.

24 Community Development Community Development 25 The Good Food Box Program Delivery: Call in or fax order the day before delivery. Minimum $100 order. Free delivery for local customers (Hanmer, Val Caron, and SUDBURY Capreol); $10 delivery fee to McCrea Heights. Phone: 705.5216717 Email: [email protected] SMITH’S MARKETS INC. Website: www.goodfoodboxsudbury.ca (main loca on) (second loca on) Services: The Sudbury and District Good Food Box Program is a not-for 971 Lasalle Boulevard 2040 Algonquin Road, PO Box 28, Stn B proﬁ t program that runs like a large buying club. Each month customers Sudbury, ON P3A 1X7 Sudbury, ON P3E 4N3 pre-pay $17 for a large box (ideal for a family) or $8 for a small box Phone: 705.560.3663 Phone: 705.222.3883 (ideal for an individual) of fresh vegetables and fruit at wholesale Fax: 705.560.5259 prices, and at least one item is provided by a local farmer. Orders are Contact: Jereme Doniec due by the second Wednesday of every month and are picked-up the Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays from 9 a.m. third Wednesday of every month. Pick-up loca ons are in Downtown to 6 p.m. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sudbury, Alban, Chelmsford, Espanola, Hanmer, Killarney, Levack, Lively, Website: www.smithsmarkets.ca Markstay, Massey, and Nairn. Anyone can par cipate! Delivery: Order a day ahead. $9 charge for local (New Sudbury delivery; delivery charges to other areas are determined by des na on). Grocery Delivery and Transporta on Transporta on to Grocery Stores Please call the grocery store in your area for details on general delivery and Transporta on for people who are physically handicapped: transporta on op ons. Handi-Transit CHARTRAND’S YOUR INDEPENDENT GROCER To register, call 705.675.3333 Place Bonaventure Mall 4764-17 Regional Road 15 Aaron Taxi Chelmsford, ON P0M 1L0 Hours: Operates Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 705.855.4588 Phone: 705.523.3333 Fax: 705.855.3641 For those with hearing impairment, call 705.670.2122 Contact: Michel Chartrand Grocery Store Bus Transporta on Hours: Mondays to Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Delivery: The cost is $3.50 within the Chelmsford area. Bus transporta on to grocery stores is o en arranged through re rement residences or can be arranged through Estaire Bus Lines at 705.674.0708. NEIL’S YOUR INDEPENDENT GROCER 5200 Highway 69 North ESPANOLA CARE VAN Hanmer, ON P3P 1Z3 Phone: 705.862.0244 Phone: 705.969.4474 Services: The Care Van provides transporta on to Winkel’s Your Fax: 705.969.5523 Independent Grocer. It is available only to seniors (60 plus years) and Owner: Neil Lindenback residents who are physically or developmentally handicapped. A fee of Hours: Mondays to Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays from 8 $5 is charged for a round trip and vouchers can be purchased in $10, a.m. to 6 p.m. $15, and $20 increments, in advance, from the Espanola Town Oﬃ ce.

26 Community Development Community Development 27 VRAB’S INDEPENDENT GROCER Food Co-ops 1836 Regent Street South Sudbury, ON P3E 3Z8 EAT LOCAL SUDBURY COOPERATIVE INC. Phone: 705.522.7111 176 Larch Street Services: Free bus service for older adults from Finlandia Re rement Sudbury, ON P3C 1C5 Home and Casa Bella Senior Ci zen Apartments every Wednesday at Phone: 705.521.6717 9:30 a.m. and noon. Contact: Peggy Baillie Note: Must call to arrange pickup. Email: [email protected] Website: www.eatlocalsudbury.com Food Budge ng • Credit Counselling Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. INNER CITY HOME Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 251 Elm Street West Services: Eat Local Sudbury Co-opera ve Inc. is the one-stop shop for all Sudbury, ON P3C 1V5 local food needs. This year-round store carries a wide range of local food Phone: 705.675.7550 products including seasonal produce, meats, cheeses, milk, juice, oils, Fax: 705.675.1652 nuts, grains, preserves, prepared foods, and more. Eat Local Sudbury Co- Contact: Mary Ali, Director opera ve Inc. also promotes Community Shared Agriculture in Sudbury. Email: [email protected] This is where shareholders pay upfront to receive a weekly delivery of in- Hours: Mondays to Fridays: from 10 a.m. to noon - hospitality and drop- season vegetables and fruit. in; 1 to 4 p.m. food bank, counselling, workshops, resources, and drop in. Community Building Ini a ves

SUDBURY COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE NORTHERN VEGETARIAN SOCIETY Credit Counselling (non-proﬁ t group) Phone: 705.207.6556 1166 Roy Street Contact: Emily Tro er, President Sudbury, ON P3A 3M6 Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.560.0430 Website: www.northernveg.com Fax: 705.560.0440 Services: The Northern Vegetarian Society helps the people of the City Contact: Francine Hebert, Renée Boivin of Greater Sudbury and of northeastern Ontario to adopt and maintain Email: [email protected] a healthy vegetarian lifestyle. The group organizes various ac vi es Services: Consulta ons are available for everyone, free of charge. You throughout the year such as vegetarian potlucks, introduc on to vegetarian must book an appointment ahead of me. During this 1 to 1 ½ hour cooking classes, and has a lending library and discounts in certain stores for session, the counsellors will go over your income and expenses and members. suggest ways to help you be er manage your money. They also oﬀ er workshops.

28 Community Development Community Development 29 SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL SPC Important Food Safety Tips for Food from the Farm 30 Ste. Anne Road, Unit 119 Sudbury, ON P3C 5E1 • Wash all vegetables and fruit well before ea ng. Always wash your Phone: 705.675.3894 hands before and a er handling food. Only foods processed in Fax: 705.675.3253 inspected/approved facili es are permi ed for sale in stores and Email: [email protected] farmers’ markets. This includes but is not limited to baking, eggs, Services: The SPC of Sudbury is an independent, not-for-profi t, community- meats and pasteurized milk. based organiza on. It is an associa on of individuals and organiza ons • Do not drink unpasteurized milk. Even in small quan es, interested in improving the quality of life for everyone. unpasteurized milk is unsafe, par cularly for children. It is illegal to The SPC works at the grassroots level to iden fy and resolve social issues sell or distribute unpasteurized milk in Ontario. in the community. In an eff ort to build a healthier community, the SPC is • Eggs sold at the farm gate do not have to be graded, and are meant involved with research, advocacy, and partnership building. for personal consump on only. Eggs sold at stores, farmers’ markets, Investment in Regional Food Systems and used in restaurants must be graded at a government-inspected grading sta on and kept at a 4⁰C/40⁰F or colder. Do not eat raw eggs. Farm-to-Table Sales All eggs and food mixtures containing eggs should be cooked to an Some farm produce is sold from roadside stalls. Signs indicate produce for internal temperature of 74⁰C/165⁰F. sale and their prices. Direct farm-to-table sales reduce environmental impact, • All meat, including poultry, sold in Ontario must be inspected before provide produce picked at their peak of freshness, and farmers with a fairer price for their goods. See below, for important informa on. and a er slaughter at an aba oir that has been approved under the Food Safety and Quality Act (Ontario). The meat must also be stamped, labelled or tagged with a “Canada Approved” or “Ontario The Health Protec on and Promo on Act of Ontario requires that anyone Approved” inspec on label. Use an insulated cooler and plenty of who intends to open and operate a food premises must no fy the Health ice or ice packs to transport fresh meat home at 4⁰C/40⁰F or colder Unit of their inten on to operate. and frozen meat at -18⁰C /0⁰F or colder. Consumers are reminded to The Ontario Food Premises Regula on (O. Reg 562), under the Health purchase only meat that has been inspected and retailed according to Protec on and Promo on Act, provides the minimum requirements for the the federal and provincial legisla on. opera on of a food premises. These requirements help operators comply with the regula on and fulfi ll their responsibility to prepare, serve, and sell • Honey must be labelled with the name, full address of the producer safe food. and the word “Honey” or “Comb Honey”. To prevent infant botulism, Health Protec on and Promo on Act (HPPA): www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/ do not give honey to a child under one year of age. statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h07_e.htm • All maple syrup containers must be marked “Maple Syrup” and Food Premises Regula on (FPR): www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/ include the name and full address of the seller, the volume, grade and elaws_regs_900562_e.htm colour class of the syrup. If you have ques ons, as an operator or as a consumer, please call the • The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food inspects all provincially Sudbury & District Health Unit at 705.522.9200, ext. 464 and ask to speak licensed meat plants, dairy plants, apiaries, and maple syrup with a public health inspector. producers. All egg grading and processing sta ons in Ontario are federally registered and inspected by the Canadian Food Inspec on Agency. The Sudbury & District Health Unit inspects the retail por on where food products are sold in our service area. 30 Community Development Investment in Regional Food Systems 31 Agriculture and Food Educa on Ontario, while assis ng producers with marke ng ini a ves. Its focus is to increase awareness of agriculture in the north and to connect consumers LOONSONG GARDEN with the farmers who produce their food. 581 Highway 540 Programs: Li le Current, ON P0P 1K0 • Professional Development for Educators Phone: 705.368.0460 • Agri-Days: a curriculum-connected program for today’s classrooms Contacts: Heather Thoma and Paul Salambi that introduces the concept of “Where does my food come from?” and Email: [email protected] presented by the farmers that produce it. Website: www.loonsong.net • Harvest Celebra ons in your community Services: LoonSong Garden teaches gardening and related topics in organics • Farm Directory and Boreal Harvest: publica ons that connect urban and biodynamics through workshops at the farm during the season, and dwellers with their rural communi es consultancy with individuals, community groups, and schools around Manitoulin • Grow a giant pumpkin! Join Northern Ontario Agri-Food Educa on & Island. Marke ng Inc. for Pumpkin Fest during the second week of September at fi ve sites across the north. They will mill their home grown cereal grains by stone to make whole-grain wheat, rye, and oat fl our. The fl our and rolled oats are available at the farm (please pre-arrange), the Li le Current Farmers’ Markets, and at the Eat Local Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) Sudbury Co-opera ve. Community Shared Agriculture is a system of growing and distribu ng food in a way that connects farmers and those who consume their food. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD MINISTRY OF RURAL AFFAIRS EAT LOCAL SUDBURY COOPERATIVE MULTIFARMER CSA Connects e-newsle er Contact: Eric Blondin at [email protected] Phone: 1.877.424.1300 Website: www.eatlocalsudbury.com Email: [email protected] Services: Our CSA supports a group of seven local farmers. Commitment Services: “Connects”, an electronic newsle er, is provided with the intent at the beginning of the season allows farmers to have the funds needed of keeping you informed of upcoming workshops, mee ngs, programs, and for start-up and “seed money”, allowing farmers to stay focused on more resources for your community and across the province. If you are interested important things, like growing delicious food! It also supports Eat Local in receiving OMAFRA Connects, email [email protected] to add Sudbury and allows for greater support for local farmers, by selling their yourself to the email distribu on list. fantas c produce.

NORTHERN ONTARIO AGRIFOOD EDUCATION & MARKETING INC. FIELD GOOD FARMS 1540 Highway 17 East 1345 Levac Road Wahnapitae, ON P0M 3C0 Cache Bay, ON P0H 1G0 Phone: 705.694.4396 Phone: 705.978.1664 Fax: 705.694.2030 Contact: Ryan Spence or Isabelle Legault Email: noront.agrifood@sympa co.ca Email: info@ﬁ eldgoodfarms.ca Website: www.ﬁ eldgoodfarms.ca Website: www.norontagrifood.org Services: We provide produce to the Eat Local Sudbury Co-opera ve Services: Northern Ontario Agri-Food Educa on & Marke ng Inc. educates Grocery Store as well as their Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) consumers, processors, and retailers on the agri-food industry in northern

32 Investment in Regional Food Systems Investment in Regional Food Systems 33 GORE BAY FARMERS’ MARKET Loca on: On the waterfront program. We are also willing to sell wholesale quan es to any restaurants Phone: 705.282.6255 or grocers. Please enquire for further details. We do not off er farm-gate Contact: Ted Smith, Market Manager sales. GYPSY FAMILY FARM Email: [email protected] 1065 Union Road Hours: Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mid-May (Long Weekend) to mid- Evansville, ON P0P 1E0 October (Thanksgiving) Phone: 705.282.6255 Services: Approximately 20 vendors Email: [email protected] Website: [email protected] JOSEPHINE’S VEGETABLES NO HERBICIDE FARM SINCE 1982 Services: Gypsy Family Farm off ers farm shares including fresh organic produce, maple syrup, preserves, and other items. 3316 St. Laurent Street (on Valley View Road) Sudbury, ON P0M 1L0 Farmers’ Markets • Farm Fresh Products The la tude and longitude: 46° 35’ N/ 81° 5’ W Contact: Marcel M. Rainville There is a huge variety of produce at most Farmers’ Markets ranging from fresh Email: [email protected] berries, fruit, vegetables, pickles, and preserves, as well as tradi onal arts and cra s. Website: josephinesvegetables.com Hours: May 1 un l September 8, rain or shine, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. open seven CAROL & EARL’S RESTAURANT AND FARMERS’ MARKET days a week including holidays. A er September 9, please call in advance. 2106 Highway 6, PO Box 59 Note: Cash, Interac, VISA, American Express, and Master Card are all South Baymouth, ON P0P 1Z0 accepted. Gi cer fi cates for vegetables are available, and E-gi cer fi cates Phone: 705.859.3000 can be bought online. Over 65 diff erent vegetables grown and sold on farm Contact: Carol or Earl, owners loca on only. If you do not see dinosaurs, you are at the wrong place! Hours: Open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week Services: Fresh local vegetables and fruits and jams are sold each day during the summer months at the restaurant. Market is held mainly indoors KAGAWONG MARKET but is some mes held just outside of the restaurant. Loca on: Lower Kagawong in the Pavillion across from the Old Mill and beach. Phone: 705.282.0715 THE MARKET Contact: Lois Linley (formerly Market Square) Hours: Open on Wednesdays (First Wednesday in July un l the last 233 Elgin Street (Corners of Elgin, Minto, and Van Horne Streets) Wednesday in August) Sudbury, ON P3E 3N7 Services: Approximately 20 vendors. Fresh local produce, baking, preserves Phone: 3.1.1 - Tourism Department and more. Hours: May 31 to November 1: Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Services: People interested in becoming a vendor for the 2014 season can call Mark Vainio, Business Development Offi cer at 705.674.4455, ext. 4606.

34 Investment in Regional Food Systems Investment in Regional Food Systems 35 LACLOCHE FOOTHILLS FARMERS’ MARKET NEMI MARKET, LITTLE CURRENT (formerly Riverview Feed & Farm) Loca on: Water Street (behind the BMO bank) 1750 Hwy. 17, just west of Massey Phone: 705.368.2468 Hours: May to October Open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Contact: Ken Ferguson Services: Fresh produce, cra s, and baking. Vendors interested in Email: [email protected] par cipa ng are to call Oliver Coburn at 705.865.1411 to reserve a table. Hours: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving

MAJA’S LOCAL ORGANIC FOOD Development of a Sustainable Food System 6152 King Street Community Food Security Groups Loca on: Mindemoya Arena Phone: 705.377.4471 CHILD POVERTY TASK FORCE Contact: Maja The Child Poverty Nutri on Task Force works to understand and address Email: [email protected] childrens’ nutri on and food-related health challenges in at-risk communi es Hours: Open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays to Saturdays on Manitoulin Island, especially First Na ons communi es. Collabora on Services: A wide range of fresh vegetables, fl owers, organic baked goods, between agencies and communi es at monthly mee ngs and for other and herbal teas are available. projects is raising awareness of eff ec ve work already happening, as well as discovering shared ques ons. MANITOULIN VENDORS’ MARKET Contact: Julie Rochefort at 705.368.2919, ext. 211, or Cody Leeson at Loca on: Hwy 540, Aundeck Omni Kaning First Na on 705.368.2919, ext. 209 Phone: 705.368.2228 Website: www.noojmowin-teg.ca/SitePages/Child%20Poverty%20Task%20 Hours: Seasonal. Call for details. Force.aspx For more informa on, email cp @noojmowing-teg.ca or phone 705.368.2182. MINDEMOYA MARKET Loca on: Mindemoya Arena Phone: 705.377.4045 GREATER SUDBURY FOOD COUNCIL Contact: Jan McQuay, Market Manager Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: sudburyfoodpolicy.com Hours: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (July and August, un l Labour Day) The Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council (GSFPC) supports the development Services: Approximately 20 vendors of an equitable, vibrant and sustainable food system for the City of Greater Sudbury through research, advocacy and the dissemina on of knowledge of M’CHIGEENG MARKET food issues. Loca on: M’Chigeeng arena Services: Phone: 705.859.3316 • Networking – serving as a forum for stakeholders to discuss food issues Contact: Joan Beard • Coordina on – fostering strategic planning, collabora on, coordina on, Hours: Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, from Victoria Day to Thanksgiving and communica on among stakeholders across the food system • Policy – evalua ng, infl uencing and recommending food-related policy to government and other stakeholders

36 Investment in Regional Food Systems Investment in Regional Food Systems 37 • Programs – encouraging programs and services without duplica ng the COALITION FOR LIVEABLE SUDBURY role or work of exis ng stakeholders Contact: [email protected] • Liaising – with other stakeholders in the regional food system and Website: www.liveablesudbury.org/index.html beyond Services: The Coali on for a Liveable Sudbury is a grassroots network of ci zen groups and individuals who share a vision of Sudbury as a green, LACLOCHE FOOTHILLS FOOD NETWORK LFFN healthy and engaged community. Their work includes research, educa on, Espanola Mall advocacy, and ac on. They act as a network connec ng like-minded 800 Centre St., Unit 100C community groups and individual ci zens to share informa on and work Espanola, ON P5E 1J3 together. Contact: Cheryl McCaw, Chair of LFFN Phone: 705.222.9202, ext. 310 or toll free 1.866.522.9200, ext. 310 EARTHCARE SUDBURY Email: [email protected] Phone: 705.674.4455, ext. 4398 Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact: Jennifer Babin-Fenske, EarthCare Sudbury Coordinator Services: Representa ves from across the agri-food system that work Email: [email protected] together to: increase access to a safe and nutri ous food supply, promote Website: www.greatersudbury.ca/earthcare consump on of healthy food choices, and increase awareness of agri-food Services: EarthCare Sudbury is a collabora on of over 100 community partners system challenges and opportuni es in the LaCloche Foothills area (along working together to implement the EarthCare Sudbury Local Ac on Plan. Hwy 17 from Nairn Centre to Walford and the Highway 6 corridor from McKerrow to Birch Island). CITY OF GREATER SUDBURY, WASTE DIVISION Phone: 3.1.1 Organiza ons Suppor ng Sustainable Environments Website: www.greatersudbury.ca/wastemanagement Services: Has numerous programs to help ci zens reduce their waste, MANITOULIN COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK contribute to reuse and recycling, and make Greater Sudbury greener. Contact: Heather Thoma Phone: 705.368.0460 Email: [email protected] RETHINK GREEN Contact: Maja Mielonen Phone: 705.674.1685 Email: savouring_ [email protected] Contact: Rebecca Danard, Execu ve Director Services: This diverse and inclusive group consists of farmers, educators, Website: www.rethinkgreen.ca health care professionals, social service representa ves, business people, Email: [email protected] and members of the general public, coopera ng on Manitoulin Island with Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. the following mission: To support and develop the community awareness, Services: reThink Green is a not-for-proﬁ t, membership based organiza on produc on and consump on of healthy, locally-produced food. dedicated to the facilita on of environmental eﬀ orts in the City of Greater Sudbury. Its members have a strong presence in the community year-round, and their focus is twofold. Working with their membership, they jointly tackle new environmental projects and help bring them to life. Working in the community, they strive to bring the general public educa onal programs such as workshops, panel discussions, and more. You may know them best as the hosts of the annual Earth Day Fes val!

38 Development of a Sustainable Food System Development of a Sustainable Food System 39 SUDBURY & DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT free at www.foodshedproject.ca in the “Our ini a ves” sec on. Phone: 705.522.9200 (main oﬃ ce) The Foodshed Project is also compiling a food biodiversity database Fax: 705.677.9613 inventory on an ongoing basis. Please contact us for a free copy of our Website: www.sdhu.com Garden Plant Inventory. The database supports the Grow-A-Row Program, Services: In accordance with the Ontario Public Health Standards, 2008, the and the development of new food crops in the Sudbury area. Sudbury & District Health Unit develops and implements healthy ea ng The Foodshed Project supports several community gardens thanks to all and healthy weights programming based upon the requirements outlined the community partners and supports in the Greater Sudbury area. The in the Chronic Diseases and Injuries Program and Child and Family Health Foodshed Project is promo ng home gardening through a new program Standards. called “Grow-A-Row”. The Grow-A-Row program is to encourage gardeners For example, the Health Unit: to plant extra produce and donate it to local food banks. If you would like • Conducts Nutri ous Food Basket cos ng annually. to par cipate, email [email protected], and check out • Promotes and advocates for breas eeding and breas eeding-friendly www.foodshedproject.ca for more informa on on the program. spaces. • Inspects all food premises to ensure food safety and provides foodhandler training. FRUIT FOR ALL • Provides prenatal nutri on classes and home visits to new moms to Email: sudburyfrui [email protected] address issues and the introduc on of solid foods. Website: www.frui orall.ca • Supports school meal and snack programs. Services: This is a community ini a ve focused on connec ng Sudburians • Works with schools and workplaces to create healthy nutri on who have surplus fruit from trees in their yard with people who can use environments. the fruit. Volunteers will pick the fruit and it will be shared between food • Provides food literacy programming (under the logo, Let’s Cook) programs for individuals, volunteers, and fruit owners (if they wish). • Works w h a variety of groups to increase their knowledge and skills around healthy ea ng and food prepara on. The overall objec ves of Fruit for All are: • Supports community food groups both locally and provincially. 1. Encourage sharing of healthy, locally-grown food. 2. Build connec ons between community members. 3. Provide learning opportuni es. THE FOODSHED PROJECT 4. Use community resources more eﬃ ciently. 52 Dean Street This is a new project in its early stages. A database needs to be created lis ng Sudbury, ON people who have fruit trees and people who would like to volunteer. Email the Phone: 705.920.4736 address above if you would like more informa on or would like to par cipate. Fax: 705.920.4736 Contact: William Bradley Email: [email protected] Policy Services: The Foodshed Project supports the City of Greater Sudbury Food ONTARIO FOOD AND NUTRITION STRATEGY Charter. Its programming has a strong focus on youth engagement, and in Website: sustainontario.com/dra -ontario-food-and-nutri on-strategy 2009 and 2010 supported the Farm Yard Gardens Youth Internship Program Services: This proposed strategy would be a coordinated, cross-ministerial with Dillon Devikis (Farm Yard Sales-local producer of vegetables and approach to food policies and programming that has trememdous poten al fresh eggs at the me). Resources for use in promo ng Food Sustainability to make sure that Ontario’s future is one of healthy people, a strong science fairs projects, the All About Food Workshops Series, are available economy, resilient ecological systems, well educated kids, and much more.

40 Development of a Sustainable Food System Development of a Sustainable Food System 41 Copyright for this document belongs to the Sudbury & District Health Unit. This document may not be reproduced, in part, or in whole, without wri en permission. Wri en requests to reproduce this document should be directed to: Director, Health Promo on Sudbury & District Health Unit 1300 Paris Street Sudbury, ON P3E 3A3 Phone: 705.522.9200, ext. 257 Fax: 705.677.9613 When permission to reproduce this document is granted, please ensure that the Sudbury & District Health Unit is credited. © Sudbury & District Health Unit, 2015 Disclaimer The names and goals of all groups listed in the Community Food Directory are provided for informa on and are not necessarily considered endorsements by the Sudbury & District Health Unit. The names of and informa on related to all groups printed in the Community Food Directory are reviewed annually. We rely on feedback from organiza ons and users to keep us updated so that revisions are reﬂ ected in periodic reprints. The Sudbury & District Health Unit assumes no responsibility or liability.

O: 2/2015