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PRESENTATION BY THE SIMCOE COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL CONCERNING THE FOOD COUNCIL AND SIMCOE COUNTY FOOD SECURITY FRAMEWORK
Bonnie North and Mike Ryan provided a presentation concerning the Simcoe County Food Council and Food Security Framework.
Mr. Ryan and Ms. North discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The overall concept of the Simcoe County Food Security Framework;
• The mandate and goals of the Simcoe County Food Council;
• The working table and networks associated with the organization;
• The policies to address household food insecurity and community food security;
• A definition of household food insecurity and community food security;
• Statistics associated with household food insecurity nationally and provincially and Simcoe County;
• Steps municipalities can take to provide support for poverty and food insecurity;
• A request to support the Simcoe County Food Security Framework; and
• The members of the Simcoe County Food Council.
Members of Committee asked a number of questions of Mr. Ryan, Ms. North and City staff and received responses.