INTERVIEW/PHOTO OP: More Local Ontario Food for Hospital Patients and Visitors

- Greenbelt Fund Announces Grants to Public Institutions -

TORONTO, Jan. 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Today, Ted McMeekin, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, will be part of an announcement that will bring more Ontario food into public institutions. The funding distributed by the Greenbelt Fund and its program the Broader Public Sector Investment Fund (BPS), is fostering change at the production, distribution and operation levels to increase the use of local food and change food procurement practices.

Learn first hand how these changes are happening by visiting Real Food for Real Kids.

Who:	The Honourable Ted McMeekin, Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
	Burkhard Mausberg, Greenbelt Fund
	David Farnell, Real Food for Real Kids

What: 

• Announcement to increase the amount of Ontario food on the menus of hospitals and long-term care facilities, daycares, schools, universities and colleges
• Learn how Real Food for Real Kids will bring their successful model to the plates of a local hospital
• Sample some of the Ontario food that may soon be on hospital plates

Photo-Op:	Minister Ted McMeekin behind the scenes at Real Food for Real Kids seeing first hand how more Ontario food is making its way into public institutions.
When:	January 18, 2012, 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Where:	Real Food for Real Kids
	41 Dovercourt Road, Toronto
	Parking located on-site

To RSVP and more information, contact:
Julienne Spence
[email protected]
Office: 416-960-0001, ext. 311 or Mobile: [phone]