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Grand River Community Health Centre (GRCHC), Brantford (Brant County)
* Community health centre with a food systems focus on health promotion
* Builds the capacity of the community to manage their own food security programs by facilitating initiatives and transferring ownership to the community
* Since 2009 initiatives have included: the Community Garden Project, the Community Food Advisor Program, and the Community Food Systems Coalition
Good Food Box Network, Hamilton
* Good food box program that grew from supplying a few boxes to a hundred in a few months
* Development trajectory that will include multiple types of boxes targeted at different demographics throughout the food box network
* Developing through a model designed to create financial self-sustainability
* CSA operating successfully and financially self-sustaining for 13 years
* Short supply chain emphasizing regional trade with small local producers and direct sales to consumers
* Physical distribution and redistribution hub supplying produce from their farm, other small producers, and another producer/re-distributor directly to consumers
* Market only through alternative retail models such as the CSA and farmers markets