Media Advisory: More local food for Toronto

TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2014 /CNW/ -        

What:	With support from the Greenbelt Fund, and funding from the Ontario government, grants are being awarded to 100km Foods Inc., Aramark Canada, George Brown College, Local Food Plus, Sustain Ontario, and the Hospital for Sick Children. All six projects will increase access to fresh, healthy, local food for Ontarians. Attending these announcements will be: Glen Murray, MPP Toronto-Centre, Burkhard Mausberg, CEO, Greenbelt Fund, and representatives from each of the projects.
	These grants are part of the Greenbelt Fund's Regional Food Grant Program, which supports farmers and local food leaders all with the common goal to increase the amount of local food consumed in Ontario.
Where:	George Brown College
	Waterfront Campus
	51 Dockside Drive
	Toronto, ON
	Room 432A, Antoine Jourdain Health eHome Kitchens, 4^th Floor
When:	January 22, 2014, 1pm-1:30pm
Who:	Glen Murray, MPP Toronto Centre
	Burkhard Mausberg, CEO, Greenbelt Fund
	Anne Sado, President George Brown College
	Lorraine Trotter, Dean, Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, George
	Brown College

SOURCE: Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation

Jennifer Asselin, Communications Manager, Greenbelt Fund, Phone: [phone], ext. 306, [email protected]; Anne-Marie Flanagan, Flanagan & Associates, Phone: [phone], [email protected]