The Peterborough Social Planning Council is conducting this survey to better understand purchasing habits, attitudes and perceptions of local food. The information they gather will be used to help support and direct food policy development locally. It will take only 10 minutes of your time to fill out. Just click on this link to follow the quick and easy steps: go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5CGHQ86
While overall survey results will be made public in a report on food and farming in Peterborough County, individual responses will be kept in strict confidence. If you have any questions, please contact Dawn Berry Merriam at dawnbm@pspc.on.ca If you have doubts about the importance of local food, watch this thought-provoking video filmed in the City of Kawartha Lakes. It highlghts key points about the importance of local food systems. First, that they make communities more resilient in the face of future challenges to agriculture. Second, it helps a community to sustain itself when everyone takes part. Third, the local food is good food: fresh, tasty, wholesome, and in grown in the amazing variety that the region’s climate allows. Farmers’ markets are one of the keys to the success of their increasingly re-localized food system. Kawartha Choice FarmFresh the local food brand of the City of Kawartha Lakes is featured in this colourful tribute to both the beauty and benefits of local food.
