Ontario Local Food Advocate Influencer Network

Thank you for your interest in the National Farmer’s Union-Ontario’s Local Food Advocate Influencer Network. This survey is part of the initial outreach on this project and the information gathered here will help inform the future direction of this project, and should take you less than 10 minutes. We very much appreciate the time you’re taking to have your say on how this Network can best serve your needs.

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* 1. What is your name?

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* 2. What’s your occupation?

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* 3. Are you a member of any professional associations or organizations? If so, please list below.

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* 4. Which potential benefits of local food are most important to you and your profession? Check all that apply.

Make sure that our patients, students, or clients have access to fresh and high quality food to keep them healthy. Make sure that people have the resources and information they need to have a good diet.

Ensue that everyone in our community has access to enough food (food security).

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change by reducing the distance food has to travel.

Understand our food systems so that policy-makers can make good decisions.

Raise public awareness about our food system, and the challenges it faces, so that eaters / consumers can make good choices.

Ensure that our food system works fairly, including for farmers and farmworkers.

To inspire people and strengthen the connection of our community to the land that feeds us, to natural ecosystems, or to creation. (This connection could be strengthened through art, music, community action, or direct engagement.)

Use sustainable practices to protect soil, nature, and biodiversity.

Build the resilience of our food system in the face of threats like climate change.

Keep money and jobs in our community and local economy.

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* 5. Who do you interact with in person on a regular basis? (If you’re a teacher, your answer might be: students, parents of students, other teachers, school administrators, personal friends, family members, etc.)

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* 6. Do you use social media?

Yes

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* 7. If yes, who do you interact with on social media platforms on a regular basis? (If you’re a teacher, you might only engage with other teachers, professional friends, personal friends, family members, etc.)

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* 8. Where do you get your information on local food and the benefits of increasing local food availability, access, and consumption?

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* 9. Do you have access to existing materials or resources (either print or digital) that you can use to help promote to and educate audiences on the benefits of local food?

Yes

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* 10. If yes, what are the existing materials and resources that you have access to?

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* 11. Are there any other materials or resources (either print or digital) would be useful for you to have access to?

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* 12. Do you have any local food advocacy success stories to share with us? (If you’re a teacher, you might have initiated a fundraising program that sold local fruit boxes instead of chocolate bars last year.)

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* 13. If you would like to further your capacity as a supporter of local food, we encourage you to fill out the remaining questions and become a Ontario Local Food Advocate Influencer Network partner (there’s only another 3 questions, don’t worry!).

How much involvement would you like to have as a Network partner? Check all that apply to you.

PRINT OR DIGITAL RESOURCES: I would like to consult on and help inform materials development so that I can gain access to materials that better serve my needs as an advocate or influencer

PRINT OR DIGITAL RESOURCES: I would like only complete materials and resources to be sent to me

SOCIAL MEDIA: I would like release-ready educational and promotional social media content (graphics and wording) to post through my social media accounts

SOCIAL MEDIA: I would like guidance for social media content creation so that I may effectively create my own content to post through my accounts

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* 14. Does anyone else in your personal or professional life come to mind as someone who would be interested in being a part of the Local Food Advocate Influencer Network? If yes, we will follow up with you later on how to reach out to them and get them involved.

Yes

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* 15. How would you prefer to be contacted by the Ontario Local Food Advocate Influencer Network?

Email:

Phone:

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* 16. We really appreciate you taking the time to help inform the development of the Ontario Local Food Advocate Influencer Network. The insights you’ve shared will be valuable to how our Network takes shape. If you have any questions about this survey or the Network, please don’t hesitate to contact the National Farmer’s Union-Ontario at 1-888-832-9638 or communications@nfuontario.ca. In the box below, you may share any additional feedback or comments with us. Thank you!