Open Food Network Canada uses technology to move the food movement. We work with sister organizations around the world (see: www.openfoodnetwork.org) to develop and deploy open sourcetechnology platforms that help community based sustainable food initiatives connect, proliferate and have greater impact.Our flagship platform combines a profile/mapping feature and a set of e-commerce ans logistics tools for sustainable farms, food artisans, food hubs and buying clubs. The platform is now… Show more Open Food Network Canada uses technology to move the food movement. We work with sister organizations around the world (see: www.openfoodnetwork.org) to develop and deploy open sourcetechnology platforms that help community based sustainable food initiatives connect, proliferate and have greater impact.Our flagship platform combines a profile/mapping feature and a set of e-commerce ans logistics tools for sustainable farms, food artisans, food hubs and buying clubs. The platform is now available for anyone to try out for free. Register and try it at: www.openfoodnetwork.ca . Show less

My long term goal is to establish a sustainable food and technology ‘hackerspace’ or ‘lab’ that enables connections and collaboration between Canada’s emerging food hubs/networks and designers, programmers and technologists so that we can successfully innovate sustainable changes to our food system and meet our challenges head on. I’ve called this ‘Farm 2.0’ to signal an extension of ‘Web 2.0’, which generally refers to how the world wide web has transitioned from being a collection of… Show more My long term goal is to establish a sustainable food and technology ‘hackerspace’ or ‘lab’ that enables connections and collaboration between Canada’s emerging food hubs/networks and designers, programmers and technologists so that we can successfully innovate sustainable changes to our food system and meet our challenges head on. I’ve called this ‘Farm 2.0’ to signal an extension of ‘Web 2.0’, which generally refers to how the world wide web has transitioned from being a collection of individual web sites with static information, to the web as a network of interactive computer platforms and applications. Farm 2.0 and Web 2.0 alike signal ethics such as democratization, empowerment, citizenship, sovereignty and protection of both the cyber and terrestrial commons Show less

Garden Party is a farm as well as an independent consultancy with experience in multiple aspects of alternative and emerging community based food systems. We work independently or in partnership with other consultants as required, to provide business planning and consulting services to individuals, networks, organizations or businesses who want to pursue sustainable local food systems projects. Our work includes strategic planning, background research, feasibility studies and… Show more Garden Party is a farm as well as an independent consultancy with experience in multiple aspects of alternative and emerging community based food systems. We work independently or in partnership with other consultants as required, to provide business planning and consulting services to individuals, networks, organizations or businesses who want to pursue sustainable local food systems projects. Our work includes strategic planning, background research, feasibility studies and business planning, training and workshop development, and community facilitation. Show less

IAs director of a research and policy planning division in a large sized municipal government for 25 years, I held responsibility for a wide variety of public health portfolios including: nutrition promotion, tobacco prevention, substance abuse prevention, physical activity promotion, AIDS/STD prevention, child health, youth health, adult health, dental health, epidemiology, planning and evaluation and healthy communities and policy. In recent years, I provided leadership… Show more IAs director of a research and policy planning division in a large sized municipal government for 25 years, I held responsibility for a wide variety of public health portfolios including: nutrition promotion, tobacco prevention, substance abuse prevention, physical activity promotion, AIDS/STD prevention, child health, youth health, adult health, dental health, epidemiology, planning and evaluation and healthy communities and policy. In recent years, I provided leadership to several emergent public health issues including: assessing the impacts of the built environment on health, collaboration with land use planners to ensure these impacts are addressed in the Regional Official Plan, development of a region wide healthy food systems plan and an integrated, community based obesity prevention program. Show less