Item - 2018.HL28.4

The Board of Health:

1.  Requested the Medical Officer of Health to report back to the Board of Health in 2019 on developing measurement tools to help assess progress and evaluate areas requiring strategic community and City of Toronto supports.

The Toronto Food Strategy, led by Toronto Public Health, was established in 2010. It aligns with the growing international, national, and regional food movements and the increasing recognition of the important role of cities in promoting healthy, sustainable food systems. The attached document, Toronto Food Strategy: 2018 Report (Attachment 1), describes the opportunities and complexities of working towards healthy food systems change, and how the Toronto Food Strategy uses a multi-sectoral approach to build capacity internally at the City level and to facilitate collaboration with external partners to accomplish change.

This report outlines the Toronto Food Strategy's progress and alignment with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, collaboration with City divisions and external stakeholders, and how the Toronto Food Strategy can inform new and existing City policies and strategies, including the Toronto Poverty Reduction Strategy.