Food Team Publications

Our Food Project

Reports:

• The Our Food Project 2013-2017: Stories from four years of food systems work
  June 2017, Miranda Cobb
   
• Change Grow Lead - The Our Food Project creates positive food environments
  April 2017, Miranda Cobb
   
• Mobile Food Market: Summer/Fall Pilot Evaluation Report (Summary)
  March 2017
   
• Social Return on Investment Studies:
  August 2016, Miranda Cobb

Food Leaders & Food Initiatives in Cape Breton
Halifax Food Policy Alliance

• The Our Food Project Annual Report (2015-2016)
  June 2016, Miranda Cobb
   
• The Our Food Project Annual Report (2014-2015)
  June 2015, Miranda Cobb
   
• The Our Food Project: 2014-2015 Highlights
  June 2015, Miranda Cobb
   
• Photovoice in the Garden: What does your garden mean to you?
  Spring 2015
   
• The Our Food Project Annual Report (2013-2014)
  June 2014, Miranda Cobb
   
• The Our Food Project: 2013-2014 Highlights
  June 2014, Miranda Cobb

Community Food Snapshots (2013 & 2014):

• 2014 Food Snapshot - Chéticamp, Cape Breton
• 2014 Food Snapshot – Wagmatcook First Nation, Cape Breton
• 2013 Halifax Food Snapshot - Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre (BWFRC) & HUGS Garden
• 2013 Cumberland County Food Snapshot
• 2013 Halifax Food Snapshot - Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
   
• Our Food: 2011-2012 Year End Review
  April 2012, Garity Chapman & Marla MacLeod

Resources:

• Dig in! Some Common Food Terms
  Compiled by Satya Ramen, Our Food & Catherine Hart, FoodARC (March 2018)
   
• Food action and understanding: The roots of household food insecurity and ways to grow community food security (presentation)
  Satya Ramen, Our Food & Catherine Hart, FoodARC (September 28, 2017)
   
• Plants to Plates Activity Guide: A food education program for kids
  Fall 2017, Georgia McNeil
   
• How to Ferment Your Harvest: A step-by-step guide including sample recipes (ENGLISH)
  February 2017, Jen Organ
   
• How to Can Your Harvest: A step-by-step guide including sample recipes (ENGLISH)
  September 2016, Jen Organ
   
• How to Can Your Harvest: A step-by-step guide including sample recipes (FRENCH)
  September 2016, Jen Organ
   
• Community-based, participatory and developmental evaluation approaches: an introductory toolkit
  November 2015, Miranda Cobb and Gabrielle Donnelly
   
• Good Food First Facilitator's Guide
   
• Lessons Learned in Organizing Community Food Skills Workshops: A Facilitation Guide
  May 2012, Food Connections Project
   
• Halifax Garden Network
  Check out www.halifaxgardennetwork.com for other great resources related to community gardens, and resources for teaching in the garden.
   
• Adventures in Local Food Blog:
  A blog written by the food team and other guest bloggers. Everything from how to preserve your harvest, to how policy shapes our food landscape here in Nova Scotia and beyond.

Community Gardens and Urban Agriculture

Community Garden Heavy Metal Study
January 2011, Sadra Heidary Monfared

Putting Food in Our Cities & Community in Our Food
2009, Garity Chapman

Food Miles and Local Food

Are Nova Scotians eating local? Where is our food coming from?

July 2010, Jen Scott and Marla MacLeod

• Executive Summary
• Full report [1.5 MB]
• Education Toolkit
• Slide Presentation

Eating By the Seasons                                                            

Food Action Committee

Eating for a Better World pamphlet
Side one, Side two

Does Your Breakfast Need A Passport?
Winter 2008, Between The Issues

Working Together to Promote Local Food [Word Document]
(Originally published in the Chronicle Herald, August 21, 2007)

Local Food Procurement Policies: A Literature Review

Farmland and Farm Knowledge Preservation

Twilight Meetings: Celebrating the Wisdom of Our Farmer-Mentors

2007, Heliotrust
Click here to contact us and order a copy.

Food Action Committee's position on the use of biosolids on agricultural land - UPDATED May 2009

Moving Towards A Healthy Food and Farm System
Winter 2009, Between The Issues

Delicious Inspiration from New England 
Summer 2008, Between The Issues

Can Our Food Commit Suicide? -February 8, 2006

Can Seeds Commit Suicide?-November 9, 2005

400+ Concerned Citizens Call upon Grocery Chains to Support LOCAL Farms - May 25, 2005

FAC Library

We have a small library in our office that includes paper copies of the above publications, as well as other books, reports and DVDs that contain great information on gardening, soil building, greenhouse design, root cellaring, cooking and much more!  We've collected these publications to be a public resource for those interested in building a more sustainable food system.

For a full list of publications in the FAC library, click here.