28/02/2022
Hi Friends,
We are requesting for your support for our GrowQC food security entry to DOH's People's Choice for Healthy Pilipinas Awards 2022.
Kindly go to the DOH FB post below and kindly like/comment our GrowQC entry/photo.
Also pls share to ur friends. Thank You in advance.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=327061909460588&set=a.327329636100482&type=3
The GrowQC Program is built upon the foundation of participatory governance that ensures coordination, collaboration, and convergence of endeavors among stakeholders towards food security.
As one of the fundamental components of the city’s COVID 19 Recovery Plan, GrowQC aims to (1) ensure availability, access, stability and continuous supply of healthy and nutritious food; (2) create inclusive and sustainable livelihood for the vulnerable groups, along with complementing the livelihood and economic recovery of supply chains; (3) expand the city’s urban agriculture program through the conversion of idle lands to productive urban farms; (4) lead communities towards a nutrition positive environment and support the promotion of locally grown produce; (5) create inroads for climate adaptation practices in food production and processing; and (6) build and cultivate local and international partnerships on food security and nutrition.
To show moral ascendancy in promoting locally sourced food and increasing the consumption of healthy and nutritious food, Quezon City passed an Executive Order establishing the Quezon City Healthy Public Food Procurement Policy, a first of its kind in the Philippines, which mandates that no public funds will be spent on unhealthy food. Along this line, the policy requires all food procured by the city to pass a set of nutrition criteria. The key nutrition guidelines require the diversification of nutrient sources, the inclusion of more fruits and vegetables, the reduction of sodium and sugar, and the elimination of trans fat in all meals and snacks. The policy also includes cluster- and institution-specific guidelines for cases which require more calibrated nutrition specifications or exemptions to the key nutrition guidelines. The Policy also aims to establish linkages to local food producers to help achieve food security in the city, and promotes research and advocacy programs to explore possible interventions in the food environment outside of the procurement process.
