School Meals Could Drive Growth in Ontario and Greenbelt Agri-Food Sectors, New Report Finds

TORONTO, June 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As Ontario celebrates Local Food Week from June 1 to June 7, Growing Local: Strengthening School Food Programs with Ontario Food, a report facilitated by Sustain Ontario, produced by Wilton Consulting Group, and funded by the Schad and Greenbelt Foundations, was released. It draws attention to a simple yet largely overlooked solution to support the province’s competitive and self-reliant agri-food sector: school food programs. With global trade tensions