About Us

The KFLA Food Policy Council initiated the first draft of Bill 216 which has now been put forward by MPP Daryl Kramp (Hastings-Lennox and Addington).  The first reading of the bill was on October 19, 2020 and the second reading was on October 20, 2020.  The private member's bill was carried and now will go to a Standing Committee for review prior to the 3rd reading. We are very excited to see this work move forward.  A big thank you to MPP Daryl Kramp and his staff for their support and advocacy on this issue. The bill aims to ensure that food literacy and skills education is embedded in the school curriculum throughout Grades 1 to 12.  

Endorsing organizations include:  

· Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa)

· Beaver Valley Outreach

· Brescia University College

· Canadian Cancer Society

· Canadian Environmental Law Association 

· Center for Health Science and  Law (CHSL)

· Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO)

· Community Food Centres Canada

· Elgin St. Thomas Food for All Committee

· Ecosource

· Future of Food and Farming Working Group (Peterborough)

· FoodShare Toronto

· Frontenac County Council

· Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council

· Green Thumbs Growing Kids

· Growing Chefs! BC 

· Growing Chefs! Ontario

· Growing Up Organic 

· Hastings Prince Edward Health

· Headwaters Food and Farming Alliance

· Heart and Stroke Foundation

· Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle

· Indigenous Primary Health Care Circle (IPHCC)

· International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE)

· Just Food Ottawa

· KFL&A Public Health Unit

· Kids Growing City

· Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC)

· Kingston Community Gardens Network

· London Environmental Network

· London Food Coalition

· Middlesex-London Food Policy Council

· National Farmers Union 

· National Farmers Union - Ontario

· National Farmers Union - Local 316

· Nature Harmony Foundation

· Northern  Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)

· Ontario Community School Alliance Board 

· Ontario Dietitians in Public Health

· Ontario Family Studies Home Economics Educators Association

· Ontario Federation of Agriculture

· Ontario Home Economics Association (OHEA)

· Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA)

· Ontario Public Health Association

· Ottawa Food Policy Council

· Pathways to Education - Kingston

· Penage Road Women's Institute

· Peterborough Public Health 

· Rainbow Plate 

· Rad Kids

· Roots to Harvest

· Southwestern Public Health

· Sudbury Shared Harvest

· Sustain Ontario

· The JPIC Office of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul

· The Meeting Place, Tobermory

· The Table Food Community Centre

· Timiskaming Health Unit

· Vertigrow

· Water Women's Institute

· West Elgin Community Health Centre

· Windsor Essex Food Policy Council

Please click on the link below to add your name to our growing list of individual supporters.  Please email us at foodpolicykfla@gmail.com if your organization would be interested in supporting this campaign.  Thank you!

Media: Whig Standard article, Nov. 11th 2020 

CBC Ontario Morning interview (starting at 31:41), Nov. 16th 2020

CFRC radio interview (starting at 1:41), Dec. 11, 2020

CFFO commentary    January 15, 2021

Brescia University College media release, Feb. 2021