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Who We Are
- Members
- Community Partners
- Staff Profiles
- Funding
Just Food is a grassroots, non-profit organization that includes
staff, volunteers, community partners, members and funders.
All projects are community-based. We seek direction from our community partners. We solicit feedback from all members through our monthly e-newsletter. All members are also invited to meet formally once a year and provide feedback into the work of Just Food. Overall direction comes from the Steering Committee and staff.
We are sponsored by the Social Planning Council of Ottawa. The SPC has been essential to the success of Just Food in subsidizing overall infrastructure, and providing research and project support.
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Just Food membership is free and open to everyone interested
in working towards a just and sustainable food system in Ottawa.
We are building a strong community of members from all parts
of the food system, including farmers, restaurateurs, food
processors, chefs, food retailers, nutritionists, community
centres, community service organizations, emergency food providers,
home and community gardeners, schools, university research
institutions, students and of course eaters!
Please see the "Get Involved"
section to access the membership form and sign up for the
Just Food newsletter.
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Moe Garahan has been working on food security issues in Ottawa since 1995. She was part of the founding teams in Ottawa for the Good Food Box, the Community Garden Network and the Ottawa Food Security Council (OFSC). Moe has been Director of Just Food (previously OFSC) since 2004. Moe is passionate about connecting people to their food sources. She believes we can create a sustainable system in Ottawa, with fair wages for farmers, high quality foods in our homes, schools and businesses and sufficient food for those struggling to meet their basic needs in a way that keeps our environment healthy and our taste buds hopping! |
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Heather Hossie has been involved with Savour Ottawa since its inception in late 2006. While coordinating Savour Ottawa she also focuses on Community Economic Development (CED) initiatives at Just Food, as well as the REEL Food Film Festival. Heather has worked in various non-profits over the years, though was introduced (and got hooked on) sustainable local agriculture while overseas. During her subsequent CED studies Heather kept an eye to agriculture, food systems and local economic development. Heather loves to eat, so working with local farmers, chefs, retailers and eaters is a natural fit! |
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Terri O’Neill has been with Just Food since October 2007. As the Community Gardening Network coordinator, she works with both the City government, and the more than 20 volunteer garden coordinators within the Network to enhance community gardening and coordinates the Community Garden Development Fund, assisting communities to establish new gardens across the City. She is also responsible for organizing the gardening and food preservation annual workshop series. It was as a graduate of Ryerson’s Food and Nutrition Program that she discovered her passion for food security. Since her time with Just Food, she has worked on a number of different projects including Ottawa Buy Local Food Guide, Farmer Training workshops and public events. Terri loves to cook with, and to eat fresh, tasty food and believes that there is no fresher or tastier food than the food that you grow yourself. |
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Robin Turner joined Just Food in April 2009 as the main farmer liaison. He is responsible for developing and administering Just Food’s farmer training workshops, and acts as the Eastern Ontario representative for the FarmON Alliance, a pan-Ontario group working to develop resources, training, and land opportunities for new farmers. Robin has worked on and managed organic vegetable farms in Montreal, Boston, and Ottawa for the past 5 years, which includes the past season as production manager at Riverglen Farm serving 55 families in Ottawa through a Community Supported Agriculture program, as well as the Ottawa Farmers Market at Lansdowne Park. He holds a degree in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of British Columbia. |
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Erin Krekoski joined Just Food in January 2010 as the “Food for All” Ottawa food policy project coordinator. She grew up in the middle of a big family on a farm in northeast Alberta, where she learned early on to love good food. Erin has worked on a number of community-based research, social justice, and food security projects, and believes that when communities come together to work for change, incredible things can happen. |
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