Northern Healthy Foods Initiative Founding Ministers: Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs

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Northern Healthy Foods InitiativeFounding
Ministers Healthy Living, MAFRI, Aboriginal and
Northern Affairs
Northern Food Prices Report 2003 mandated by the
Healthy Child Committee of Cabinet
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Summary 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

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Operationalizing 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

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NHFI 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
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NHFI 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
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Service Delivery Model
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Healthy Living
MAFRI
NHFI
Regional Partners
Healthy Child
Other Depts
FNIH PHAC
Conservation
NGO
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Our 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.

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COMMUNITY PRIORITIES
Food system change
Unique local projects
Lower Prices
LOWER PRICES
GROW GARDENS
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Grow North
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Grow 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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Mb. Council on Child Nutrition/Healthy
Living/ANA/FNIH healthy bodies, healthy minds
project in North Eastern Manitoba
Healthy Kids/Healthy Futures report
Kids in the kitchen
Drop the pop
Breakfast for Learning
School snack and lunch programs