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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Friday, January 22, 2010 
Durham local ood eforts gets boost rom Greenbelt
 The
Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
is pleased to announce today $35,000 in unding or a newinitiative in Durham Region.Starting immediately, the
Community Development Council Durham
(CDCD) will be taking up thetask o putting into action the goals and mandate o the Durham Region Food Charter. The Charteris a document that reects the communities’ values and belies or ood security in the region. It wasendorsed by Durham Regional Council last December. The CDCD will be working closely with their community partners and with the Region o Durhamto develop a community-based Action Plan and a Working Group ocused on ood security anddeveloping the local ood economy. This project is intended to put structure and plans in place that will see some o the goals o theCharter become a reality. The ultimate goal will be to establish a Food Policy Council or the Regiono Durham.Long-time advocate o the Greenbelt and anti-sprawl planning policies, Bonnie Littley, RegionalCouncillor, Ward 1, Pickering states, “A cornerstone o long-term sustainability is ood. So to promoteenvironmental, economic, and social sustainability there must be planning or the uture o ood.Currently several departments in Regional government, as well as a multitude o individuals,armers, not-or-proft and agricultural organizations work on various aspects relating to ood andood security. A Region o Durham Food Policy Council would provide opportunities to bring localpeople and their ideas and knowledge together, not only to build on previous accomplishmentsin the Region, but would also establish a collaborative approach to fnding solutions and creatingpositive change.” An important aspect o this project is continued involvement and consultation with local armersand arm groups.“This is an amazing git or our community and one that could take us a huge step towards actuallyimplementing the Durham Region Food Charter that many individuals and concerned groups inDurham have spent years trying to secure,” says James Blair o the newly ounded DurhamCulinary Association, teacher and member o the arming community.(continued)
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