In addition to outlining these valuable experiences, this manual also discusses food resources, the importance of partnerships, and food issues education and raising awareness. Suggestions for groups seeking funding and ways to evaluate their projects are also supplied. They must be able to get this food in ways that make them feel good about themselves and their families. Around the world, people are working towards making their communities healthier places in which to live. This movement brings together issues such as health, economy, environment and equity to create a vision for sustainability.
Food security is a goal of healthy communities.
To this end, many people across Ontario are working towards healthy communities for themselves, their families and their neighbours. This manual will highlight several community projects through their stories, which describe and reflect a community's experience in initiating and sustaining a food security project. The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition recognizes that the process of creating healthier communities is best described through peoples' experiences and their stories. It is hoped these stories will be used as a source of information and inspiration. An ecosystem is the network of relationships between plants, animals, humans and the environment.