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WELCOME TO FOOD THOUGHTS

A place for those dedicated to and interested in, solving the Food Insecurity Needs of Bruce Grey.  Food Insecurity is a symptom of poverty and the lack of affordable (geared to income) and safe housing.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Succession Planning

Many local not-for-profits and charities struggle to find, keep, and replace board members.

HAVING TROUBLE FINDING OR KEEPING VOLUNTEERS?

Take a page from the hiring practices of some of the top-private sector organizations, look at how you on-board new volunteers.

EDIBLE FLOWERS - Pretty and Tasty

10 Best Tasting Elible Flowers you can grow in your community gardens

COMMUNITY GARDEN WAIVER

If your organization's goal is to inform, educate, and to protect your volunteers; then a waiver is a useful "tool."

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - How to recruit new members

Finding new board members helps to keep your board current and energetic, this short video provides some ways to help.

VACCINE KNOWLEDGE - Myths vs Science

Help your clients and volunteers correct myths and misconceptions about vaccines for Covid-19

FUN FOOD FACT: Keeping your tomato's fresh

Another fun food fact to help you keep tomatoes fresher and longer in less than 2 minutes.

LEARNING ABOUT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

How does your board of directors work? Are you considering joining a board? or are you just curious? Got 3 minutes to start learning?

WHAT IS A LIVING WAGE?

Building dignity and respect, encouraging choices and options, and breaking the cycle of poverty and desparation.

STIGMA - Similarity Bias

Building diversity, including people with different backgrounds, including people with different opinions ... all make you stronger.

GIVE A BEE A HOME

Bee's make great pollinators. This video demonstrates how to make a Bee House for less than $10.

What does it cost to live in Grey/Bruce?

Food insecurity is a symptom of poverty. A leading cause of poverty is the lack of affordable and safe housing.

Starting a Seed Library

Saving seeds is a great way to collect seeds for more nutritionally dense seeds and vegetables that are suited to your climate

An Excellent Tool from Second Harvest

More food is wasted because people do not understand the difference between "Best Before Dates" and "Expiry Dates".

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How to contact us

Thanks for your interest in "FOODTHOUGHTS.CA". For more information, feel free to email your questions or suggestions to us and we will get back to you soon!

380 9th Street East, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

519-376-1560

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