Niagara Food Security Network

Welland is preparing for the city’s annual Tulip Bulb Giveaway. City staff are happy to continue with this event and share the city’s tulip bulbs with residents in a safe and physically distant-friendly manner. The event will take place at the Quaker Road Sports Complex to allow staff more space and manage the logistics of the drive-up giveaway. Parks staff will be on-site to organize a consistent flow of vehicles. Residents will enter on the east side of the parking lot, dri...ve up to the site, and receive one bag of tulip bulbs per vehicle. Tulip Bulb Giveaway Details: WHO: City of Welland residents can receive FREE tulip bulbs (one bag per vehicle) WHAT: City of Welland annual Tulip Bulb Giveaway WHERE: Quaker Road Sports Complex (90 Quaker Road, Welland) WHEN: Friday, May 21, 2021 (rain or shine) TIME: 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (until quantities last) WHY: Community project delivered annually by the parks department to share tulip bulbs that are cleared from the city’s commemorative gardens HOW: Vehicles enter the east side of the parking lot, pick-up on the west side and exit (participant must be able to place the bag in own vehicle)

'Nutrition Connections is hosting two free webinars in May 2021, one on Racial Health Inequity & Systemic Racism in Health and another on Implications of COVID-19 on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program & Food Security Rates. Racial Health Inequity & Systemic Racism in Health will take place on Thursday, May 13, from 2 2:45 p.m. ET. This webinar will look at how systemic racism is affecting health and the quality of healthcare delivered in Canada, with Dr. Carrie Bourassa, B.A., M.A., PhD, Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health and Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Learn more and register for this event below.'

Second Harvest is hosting a workshop on 'Celiac Disease: Save me for Gluten Free' on Thursday, May 27 at 2pm to 3pm EST. Your invited to learn from the Canadian Celiac Association about celiac disease and how we can better support people accessing food programs. Follow the link below to register and for full details.

'The Durham Food Policy Council (DFPC) hosted a symposium on April 22ndEarth Dayto discuss the development of a Food System Report Card for Durham Region, and to brainstorm key indicators that would track the health of the region’s food system. The DFPC is working towards a just and sustainable food system in Durham region, with a focus on measurement of impact.' As we look to improve food security in Niagara, we can look to others for best practices and strategies that will work for our community. Check out the event overview below with some links to additional resources and posts.

Niagara's local food banks are seeing unprecedented increases in need and looking to what the future will be.

When it's cold outside, there's nothing like soup! Happy National Homemade Soup Day! Some quick and easy recipes below... https://tasty.co/a/hannahloewentheil/30-minute-soup-recipes

Nutrition Connections has released a report documenting the proceedings and outcomes of a virtual workshop they held last year, Food Literacy: Shaping the Health of Children and Youth. https://nutritionconnections.ca//food-literacy-shaping-th/

The Niagara Food Security Network is pleased to share The Ontario Table and Lynn Ogryzlo's $10 Challenge throughout the year. Here is February's issue with information on the local food available through our local farmers! https://issuu.com/lynnogryzlo/docs/february_issue_by_pg

On January 20th, Sustain Ontario's Ontario Edible Education Network hosted a webinar, one in their series on Edible Education Programming in Ontario in a time of COVID. This webinar focused on 'How to Make it Work?' and can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrMGXP7MlNc&feature=emb_logo