Episode 249 | Canadian Food Focus: Improving Food Literacy From Farm Gate to Plate
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Episode 249 | Canadian Food Focus: Improving Food Literacy From Farm Gate to Plate
In this week's conversation, Tracy speaks to Dorothy Long from Canadian Food Focus about "Improving Food Literacy From Farm Gate to Plate."
Canadian Food Focus is committed to providing accurate information and having productive conversations about food and farming. Their content is developed by farmers, dieticians, home economists and other food and farming experts to ensure accuracy.
Their goal....they strive to provide balanced, factual, science-based information in a consumer-friendly way. Our goal is to help Canadians find answers to their questions and concerns about our food system.
Join Tracy and Dorothy in this conversation about the important work that they are doing improving food literacy from farm gate to plate.
Want to learn more? Tune into this week's episode.
Thanks for watching,
Tracy
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What is Canadian Food Focus?
Founded in 2019, Canadian Food Focus is a national organization with the goal of improving food literacy of Canadian consumers from farm-gate to plate. We explore how food is grown and raised and provide useful advice from experts to help people make confident food choices.
Our educational programming provides information about Canadian farming and food through articles, videos and social media posts created by experts including farmers, ranchers, dietitians, home economists, and chefs. Our website features sections for In Your Kitchen, Recipes, Health, Canadian Food Stories, On the Farm, What’s in Season and a new Learn to Cook area.
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Canadian Food Focus: https://canadianfoodfocus.org
Ask a Farmer Podcast: https://canadianfoodfocus.org/ask-a-farmer-podcast/
Courses: https://canadianfoodfocus.org/courses/
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Show Guest
Dorothy LongManaging Director
Dorothy is a passionate advocate of Canadian food and farming. She holds degrees in home economics and education from the University of Saskatchewan, leveraging her background to promote greater consumer understanding of Canadian food and farming, as well as fostering positive relationships between consumers and farmers.
For over 25 years, Dorothy has organized farm tours for food influencers, such as dietitians, journalists, chefs, and food writers. These tours, which began with Canola Camp in Saskatchewan, have expanded across the country.
Dorothy has also been instrumental in developing a range of agrifood marketing strategies, including CanolaInfo, Saskatchewan Bounty, HealthyFlax, Spread the Mustard, Pick Pork, and the Saskatchewan component of the International Year of the Pulse campaign.
Dorothy served as the Executive Director of Cuisine Canada and the Greenhouse Growers of Saskatchewan. She has written a food column for The Western Producer, edited the Growing Saskatchewan magazine, and co-authored the Discover the Pulse Potential cookbook.
Currently, she is the Managing Director of Canadian Food Focus, a national campaign aimed at improving Canadians' food literacy from farm to plate. This project won a national Canadian AgriFood Marketers Alliance Award for Best Website Directed at the Public in 2022.
Dorothy also co-chairs the National Consumer Engagement Working Group for Agriculture and Agrifood Canada and sits on the board of Taste Canada and the advisory board of #FoodDayCanada.
In 2023, Dorothy was inducted into the Saskatchewan Agriculture Hall of Fame.
Connect with Dorothy Long - LinkedIn / Email
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