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Health unit's Good Food Box
program praised by province
Cheryl Heath
Ontario's Health Promotion
Minister made a pit stop at
Huron County's Good Food Box
location last Thursday morning
to pay tribute to the all -volun-
teer crew, and present the
health unit with the recently -
created Heather Crow Award
for its ongoing efforts.
Minister JamesWatson,
along with Huron -Bruce MPP
Carol Mitchell, first gave
thanks to the more than a
dozen Good Food Box volun-
teers for being gracious enough
to wait for him to arrive fbr the
approximate 11 a.m. press con-
ference given that some of
those present had been on
hand to pack boxes since 7:30
a.m.
"It is a• unique program," said
Watson, noting the Good Food
Box, which supplies partici-
pants with a twice -monthly heaping helping
of fresh produce from area farmers at reason-
able ;prices, is an example of a rurally -rooted
idea that could take hold in Ontario cities.
"We don't always have to try and reinvent
the wheel. Some of our best programs come
from small towns," he said.
Watson said that as part of his mandate as
the newly -created Health Promotions' portfo-
lio, one of his duties is to find ways to combat
the province's growing obesity problem as
part of the Healthy Eating Active Living
(HEAL) strategy put forth by the province's
Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives report.
He said the Good Food Box program is suc-
cessful in not only its focus on nutritious
foods, but also in that it promotes the agricul-
tural community as well as volunteerism.
He also paid tribute to the Huron Field to
Table Network which is dedicated to educat-
ing consumers about food, nutrition and agri-
cultural issues, creating new markets for
farmers, enhancing food security and increas-
ing public access to nutritious food. Its prima-
ry program is the -Good Food Box.
More than anything, said Watson, healthy
lifestyles must be promoted to ensure future
generations do not suffer from the types of
problems — diabetes, some types of cancers
and heart disease — that some of today's pop-
ulation face as a result of weight -related
He
alth Promotion Minister James Was ._
and Huron -Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell
issues.
The goal, said Watson, is to get youth
"hooked on healthy eating at an early age."
He noted a pilot project held in Chatham -
Kent a few years back shows children are
more inclined to eat fruit and vegetables if
they are introduced into their regular diet.
Watson added the county deserves kudos for
its "pioneering" decision to introduce a smok-
ing ban in 2004 — two years before the gov-
ernment stepped up with its smoke-free
Ontario legislation.
The day that ban came into effect "was one
of my most proud moments in the legisla-
ture," said Watson.
Watson presented the Heather Crow Award
— named in honour of an Ottawa waitress
who contracted lung cancer from second-hand
smoke at her place of employment — to Dr.
Beth Henning, medical
officer of health for Huron
County.
Huron -Bruce's MPP also
paid tribute to those pre-
sent.
"The difference you make
in someone's life is so
important to them," she
said. "It is sometimes the
simple things that do make
a difference."
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