Food Action

Food Action Committee Publications

Books

Twilight Meetings: Celebrating the Wisdom of Our Farmer-Mentors
Author: Heliotrust
2007
Avondale Press
Cost $15 (DVD available for $5.)
Contact the office to order a copy.

Eating By the Seasons A recipe collection put together by The Food Action Committee of the Ecology Action Centre
 

Reports and Publications

Are Nova Scotians eating local? Where is our food coming from?
-27 July 2010

Eating for a Better World pamphlet
Side one, Side two

Local Food Procurement Policies: A Literature Review

Halifax Urban Soil Guide 

Position Statements

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

Articles and Opinion Pieces

Moving Towards A Healthy Food and Farm System 
(Originally published in BTI Winter 2009)

Delicious Inspiration from New England 
(Originally published in BTI Summer 2008)

Does Your Breakfast Need A Passport? 
(Originally published in BTI Winter 2008)

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

Does Your Food Travel More than You Do?
(August 24, 2004)
     –part 1 [1.4 MB]
     –part 2 [1.4 MB]

Saving agricultural land for growing food (originally published in Rural Delivery March 2007)

Articles About Us By Others

Food: Do we import too much? [Word document]
(August 18, 2007, The Chronicle Herald)

Food Miles: How can a local diet help improve the sustainability of rural Nova Scotia? [Word document]
(August 16, 2007, Hants Journal)

Food supply to be studied [Word document]
(August 10, 2007, Chronicle Herald)

Letters of Support

Letter of Support for Farmers Markets Nova Scotia [pdf document]
(January 26, 2007)

Letter of Support for Avon Peninsula [pdf document]
(January 18, 2007)

Recipes

35 Squash Recipes 

Eating By the Seasons A recipe collection put together by The Food Action Committee of the Ecology Action Centre

 

 

Food Action Committee

Phone: (902) 442–1077
Fax: (902) 405-3716

We meet at the EAC on the third Monday of every month at 5:30. We need new members committed to a vision of sustainability. And there is lots to do: research, education, organizing, lobbying. Get involved today!