Lindsay RN - SMDHU

Household Food Insecurity in Simcoe and Muskoka – Nutritious Food Basket

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) conducts the Nutritious Food Basket (NFB) survey every year. The survey is conducted in 6...
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Jenna Zardo

Barrie Good Food Box October Newsletter

HEALTHY EATING COMMUNITY COOKING CLASS We invite you to our 6 week long Cooking UP community cooking classes! Our community cooking class...
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Lindsay RN - SMDHU

Household Food Insecurity – No Money for Food is Cent$less

Imagine not having the money to put healthy food on the table. Or enough money left over to then pay for rent and other basics like toile...
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Lindsay RN - SMDHU

Urban Agriculture

Have you ever heard of urban agriculture? And if you have heard of it, have you ever considered getting involved in local urban agricultu...
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Lindsay RN - SMDHU

Healthy Food Systems – The Importance of Local Food

Did you know that how a community is designed can impact your ability to access safe, dependable and affordable nutritious food? Well-des...
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Jenna Zardo

Cooking UP Community

Urban Pantry's community kitchens program - "Cooking UP" - launched last week with its first 6-week series of food skills workshops. The ...
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Jenna Zardo

Why I got involved with Urban Pantry

We asked some of our steering committee members what inspired them to get involved with Urban Pantry. Here is what they had to say: “I de...
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Eleanor A

Inspiration in "The New Farm"

Book Review: The New Farm by Brent Preston With spring's arrival, many of us prepare to build a garden. This is the perfect season to pic...
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Lindsay RN - SMDHU

Jane's Walk

There is an upcoming opportunity in the City of Barrie that Urban Pantry wants to share with you! A Jane’s Walk, which is being organized...
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Jenna Zardo

What is Urban Pantry?

In 2016, two community food programs partnered under a Seed grant to form the Urban Pantry Project, a partnership of FruitShare Barrie an...
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