Conference Partners

Confederation College
www.confederationc.on.ca
Confederation College has been serving the citizens of Northwestern Ontario since 1967 by meeting the educational needs of students in a catchment area of 550,000 square kilometers and beyond. Along with its main campus in Thunder Bay, Confederation College has six regional campuses located in the communities of Dryden, Fort Frances, Kenora, Geraldton, Marathon and Sioux Lookout.

Confederation College delivers exceptional education and training to an average of 11,800 combined full and part-time students per year and currently has a total of 600 full and part-time employees. Confederation’s regional economic impact and contribution is valued at $800 million annually.

EarthWise Thunder Bay
www.earthwisethunderbay.com
The mission of EarthWise Thunder Bay is to focus the energy, involvement, and collective wisdom of the community to secure the environmental health of our region, and thereby improve the social and economic well-being of future generations.

Food Action Network
www.nwofood.com
The Food Action Network (FAN) brings many groups together to improve access to enough affordable, nutritious, safe, environmentally sustainable food for all. The purpose of this group is to create awareness, support food projects, advocate for policies that support community food security, and act as an information centre for community food security in the District of Thunder Bay.

Food Security Research Network
www.foodsecurityresearch.ca
The Food Security Research Network (FSRN) is dedicated to finding ways that our Northern community can support a stronger local food system. Northwestern Ontario offers unique conditions under which we explore the challenges, opportunities and solutions for food security from many different vantages. FSRN strives to bring together the resources and innovation needed to engage in these solutions.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs &
Ontario Market Investment Fund
www.omafra.gov.on.ca
The Ontario Market Investment Fund (OMIF), through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is a $12-million, four-year fund targeted to promote consumer awareness of Ontario-produced foods and encourages Ontarians to buy locally.

Northwestern Health Unit
www.nwhu.on.ca
The mission of the Northwestern Health Unit is to encourage healthy behaviours by promoting and protecting conditions in which all people can achieve an optimal level of health, serving the Kenora (part) and Rainy River Districts.

Rainy River Federation of Agriculture
www.rainyrivervalley.ca/rrf-agriculture.php
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture (RRFA), "Farmers working for Farmers", was established in 1976. The RRFA actively promotes local food production and proudly support all initiatives that will improve the quality of life and livelihood for its members and all others who live in the Rainy River District.

Rainy River Future Development Corporation
www.rrfdc2.dynamic-site-builder.com/index.html
The Rainy River Future Development Corporation is a membership-driven, non-profit, community-based corporation. We are governed by a Board of Directors who are elected each year from our membership.  The Rainy River Future Development Corporation is supported by FedNor and Industry Canada under the Community Futures Program and the Municipalities of Alberton, Chapple, Emo, Fort Frances, La Vallee, Lake of the Woods and Rainy River.

Slow Food Superior
www.slowfoodsuperior.ca
Founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986, Slow Food is an international association that promotes food and wine culture, but also defends food and agricultural biodiversity worldwide. Slow Food Superior is the local chapter, an enthusiastic group whose purpose is to draw attention to sustainable agriculture, traditional preparations and the health and happiness that comes from eating food from the farm instead of the factory.

Thunder Bay Country Market
www.thunderbaycountrymarket.com
For its vendors, the Market represents an opportunity to earn a living doing something they're great at and that they love. For customers it's a place to buy groceries, crafts and gifts from the talented, hard-working people who created them. For others it's a meeting-place full of good people where they can get in touch with some of the simpler things in life.

Thunder Bay District Health Unit
www.tbdhu.com
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is one of 36 Public Health Units operating in the Province of Ontario, Canada. TBDHU is a non-profit agency funded jointly by the provincial government and the municipalities

Thunder Bay Federation of Agriculture
www.tbfarminfo.org
The Thunder Bay Federation of Agriculture (TBFA) is a community group affiliated with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. TBFA’s 99 members include mainly primary producers in agriculture and associated businesses. Its mandate is to promote agriculture to both rural and urban citizens; to educate the general public about the agriculture industry; to assist agricultural businesses; to lobby the government regarding agricultural issues; to increase public awareness about agriculture in Thunder Bay and beyond.

Thunder Bay Ventures
www.thunderbayventures.com
Thunder Bay Ventures is a non-profit organization committed to fostering community economic development in Thunder Bay and region.