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Our History Projects that we are/have been affiliated with
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AWARDS + RECOGNITION
- 2011 Debbie Field named Inaugural Social Justice Scholar in Residence at Congregation Darchei Noam (read more)
- 2011 FoodShare Kitchen Program receives Industry Partnership Recognition Award from George Brown College (read more)
- 2010 Debbie Field, Executive Director, wins City of Toronto Green Toronto Awards 2010, Local Food Category (read more)
- 2010 FoodShare Kitchen Team wins a Toronto Star Golden Whisk Award for Best Recipe for their Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing
- 2009 FoodShare Kitchen Team wins the Bhayana Family Foundation Team Achievement Award
- 2009 FoodShare Compost Facilitator Mike Nevin profiled as an urban angel and named the city's Master Composter in the Toronto Star
- 2005 Debbie Field, FoodShare's Executive Director wins a 2005 Vital People Award (read more)
- 2005 FoodShare is named Best Social Enterprise by NOW Magazine
- 2005 FoodShare's Urban Agriculture Program wins a Green Toronto Award for the Sunshine Garden at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
- 2005 The Toronto Community Garden Network is recognized by the Ontario Parks Association for its spirit of community involvement
- 2000 The Toronto Community Gardening Network and the Focus on Food Youth Program win City of Toronto Millennium Stars Prizes in the Environment and Youth categories respectively.
- 2000 Mary Lou Morgan is runner-up for the Ethics in Action Award
- 1996 FoodShare recognized for its "leadership and vision in working with communities to provide education and access to affordable, nutritious food" with the Elizabeth Chant Robertson Award, from the Toronto Home Economics Association and the Ontario Dietetic Association
- 1998 FoodShare's Field to Table Manager, Mary Lou Morgan, awarded the Jane Jacobs Prize for community service
- 1996 FoodShare Executive Director named one of "Toronto's Ten Best Organizers" by NOW Magazine
- 1995 Good Food Box wins City of Toronto Neighbourlies Award
Debbie Field: Inaugural Darchei Noam Social Justice Scholar in Residence
Congregation Darchei Noam takes pride in naming Debbie Field as our the inaugural Social Justice Scholar in Residence for 2011/5772. For close to 20 years, Ms. Field has been Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto – an award winning non-profit organization that has pioneered a unique approach to improving access to affordable, healthy food through sustainable food programs.
Click here to read more about this important appointment and how you can get involved.
- November 26, 2011 when Debbie will be delivering the D'var Torah and then in a special Post Kiddush Conversation to delve deeper into the issues raised.
- a Research Group to discuss successful food policy models from around the world, and a Jewish response to hunger and food policy issue, an open public meeting next Spring, a scholarly paper for dissemination in the North American Jewish Community, projects with the Bar/Bat Mitzvah, DN Teens and Shomrei Adamah Committee.
FoodShare Kitchen Program receives Industry Partnership Recognition Award from George Brown College
By Mark-Jan Daalderop
As you enter FoodShare's Kitchen, you will first notice that for its busyness, there is a calm and relaxed feel, with smiles and jokes, and lots of talk about good healthy food. In addition, your nose will be delighted by the comforting mixture of fresh soup stock, oatmeal cookies, and roasted root vegetables. This Kitchen uses fresh wholesome ingredients and wastes nothing thanks to a philosophy of preparing good food from scratch. The team of staff, interns, and externs all dance about the relatively small space preparing everything from child friendly lunches, to fresh salads, to healthy catering entrées. At the helm of FoodShare's Kitchen program is Alvin Rebick, a once owner of six successful restaurants in Guelph and Ottawa, who brings his gift for creating both delicious healthy food, and creating a kitchen environmental that encourages personal health, well-being and learning.
This year, on March 24th, Alvin, Sybil Pinnock, and Jesus Gomez, the two Kitchen Coordinators, received the Industry Partner Recognition Award from George Brown College for hosting a number of George Brown's culinary arts students from the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Here in the FoodShare kitchen, these students get hands-on experience in the preparation of healthy meals as they learn what it's like to work in a productive kitchen that emphasizes personal growth and wellbeing. Students from the Tourism and Hospitality Management Program look for placements during their 2nd last semester of training and get to select three kitchens they wish to work in. Dulith Fernando chose FoodShare because he was looking for a well rounded experience in a Kitchen. According to Dulith, some Industrial Kitchens have externs doing mostly the cleaning and some basic chopping. He wanted to use his externship to further develop his Kitchen competencies and FoodShare seemed like one of the best choices.
Alvin said much the same thing about his experience in Industrial kitchens and believes that FoodShare, already a training kitchen for 6 Focus on Food interns facing barriers to employment, is a great place for personal development and Growth. "It's not that they don't do dishes too," Alvin explains "but they do get a chance to do everything from baking to chopping, to cooking, and serving healthy meals to hungry students." FoodShare's Kitchen runs a pilot project called the Good Food Café that feeds school children healthy meals and is building a case that children will eat healthy food.
The FoodShare Kitchen team is enjoying working with the George Brown externs who bring skills and knowledge to the kitchen, but still ask "what can I do for you?", a sign they are ready and willing to learn from the team's years of culinary experience.
2010: Debbie Field, Winner, City of Toronto Green Toronto Awards 2010, Local Food Category
FoodShare proudly announces that Executive Director Debbie Field has won the inaugural Green Toronto Award for Local Food. Congratulations, Debbie, and thank you!
The Local Food Award recognizes leadership in increasing food security by creating, administering and promoting programs that increase the availability of affordable food for neighbourhoods, communities and residents.
2005 Debbie Field, FoodShare's Executive Director wins a 2005 Vital People Grant Award. Debbie is a recognized leader in the world of food security and has been instrumental in the growth of more than 400 student nutrition programs in Toronto. Her Vital People grant will allow her to research student nutrition programs and innovations in other countries to broaden her knowledge of programs and strategies that could be adopted in Toronto.
