A GOOD FOOD SOCIAL ENTERPRISE: LEARNINGS FROM FOODSHARE

* Free- No registration required

When: Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012, Noon - 1:30pm

 

Zahra Parvinian, Director of Social Enterprise Programs, with
Alvin Rebick, Senior Manager of Kitchen and Focus on Food, and
Meredith Hayes, Senior Manager of School Programs
will introduce FoodShare Toronto’s social enterprise programs and discuss:

  • The organization’s different enterprise program models, as well as the challenges, sustainability issues, and other aspects to running a food social enterprise

FoodShare Toronto is a non-profit organization whose mission is to work with communities to improve access to affordable and healthy food. Working “from field to table,” FoodShare runs many programs that focus on the entire system that puts food on our tables: from the growing, processing and distribution of food to its purchasing, cooking and consumption.


Where: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West, (St. George Subway Station) Room 3-104

Bring your lunch and a mug. Water, coffee, tea, and fresh-baked snacks from Lemon & Allspice will be provided.

For more information, please contact Andrea at [email protected]

Webcast: This event will be webcast live. View the webcast here.