Amy Ford

She/her. Food, planet, community. Partner of Rick & parent of Ollie, Kota & Huck.

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

I'm looking forward to celebrating all of the great work!

[PEACH Health Ontario @PEACH_HealthON]

📣Our Annual Meeting is happening TOMORROW! Today’s the last day to register.

We hope to see you there👋🏼

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

"Fund healthcare, not fossil fuels". @courtghoward's unwavering voice on the role of government and healthcare in improving human and planetary health is so powerful.

[Backchannel @BackchannelNews]

5M+ deaths yearly are linked to fossil fuel air pollution: heart disease, cancer, asthma. Meanwhile, $1.4T/year subsidizes fossil fuels. It’s time to prioritize health, not pollution - listen to Dr. Courtney Howard’s powerful message🌱💚
@courtghoward @GCHAlliance

[Dr Courtney Howard @courtghoward]

Dr Myles Sergeant notes Accreditation Canada is key to getting 🇨🇦 many federal/prov/territorial health systems on board and standardized with regards to baselining and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.
@jossreimer of @CMA_Docs agrees.
🥕🏒 (⬅️closest emoji to a stick 😊)

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@NourishLead

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

Today we published an Implementation Guide for Value-Based Procurement of Food in Health Care. Full to the brim with sample language, tips for common barriers, and case examples. I'm proud of this one, and eager to see where leaders will take it! https://t.co/lWZIJEHcRU

[Centre for Sustainable Medicine @SustainCoSM]

Healthcare decarbonization but make it 🪩silent disco 🎤! Yesterday @theamandazain spoke about 🇸🇬 Singapore's healthcare sector's climate efforts, moderated by @wgagnon, w @jossreimer, Dr Sergeant & @JessicaBeagley at the #COP29Baku @Canada Pavilion. 🇨🇦 @environmentca

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

One week from today, join us for a webinar on how to implement value-based procurement for food in health care. https://t.co/Xu8P8Gcfui

[Mohawk Medbuy @MohawkMedbuy]

#MohawkMedbuy is supporting the Coolfood Pledge & inviting our MEALsource Members to reduce food-related GHGs by 25% by 2030. Find out more, including how MMC MEALsource Members can sign on - https://t.co/I5UbSHAL7w
@NourishLead @WorldResources

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@fordnation I am once again asking you to use logic, facts and sense. Cycling relieves our unsustainable reliance on cars; they’re the anti-clog.

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@SimonWiseman This is exciting! Food is a huge part of staff experience and wellness. Kudos for making these options available around the clock!

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@StevensonLDN If you've highlighted this quote perhaps because you relate to it, and there being a group of vulnerable Londoners who don't respect you, that could be a good point of personal reflection. How did you lose that respect? How could it be gained?

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

Thrilled to see something similar working in London through @LHSCCanada’s partnership with @london_cares hosting 25 supported units that have seen 56 positive outcomes over the past year. More here https://t.co/lrPGeQ4vuW

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Toronto hospital system offers housing to homeless ER patients. @UHN project designed to improve lives of people experiencing #homelessness while reducing use of the strained public health care system, by @kellygrant1 https://t.co/rXAOwV7D3k via @globeandmail @drandrewb

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

"Visionary fiction disrupts the hero narrative concept that one person (often one white man, often Matt Damon) alone has the skills to save the world." - adrienne maree brown

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

I had this same revelation recently while biking on a city road. The systemic shifts are definitely making me feel safer but it only takes one reckless driver to scare me back to the sidewalk.

[M.S @MalaakSafa]

Being a woman is kind of like being a cyclist in a city where all the cars represent men. You're supposed to be able to share the road equally with cars, but that's not how it works. The roads are built for cars and you spend a great deal of physical and mental energy being defensive and trying not to get hurt. Some of the cars want you to get hurt. They think you don't have any place on the road at all. And if you do get hurt by a car, everyone makes excuses that it's your fault.

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

We can take a bite out of emissions https://t.co/0wU7Axva1M via @NatObserver

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@PEACH_HealthON 🙌 Love this! And during the hospital design process, considerations for sustainable food can be taken into account too! More here: https://t.co/71Anvt9POp

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@VincentCrypt46 That hospital food looked inspiring!

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

@kleistmeister @xeviuss can you share which one it was

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

Canada Greener Homes was a major flop for our fam. Quoted jobs around $23k, with $4k covered by grants & the rest a no-interest loan. We were accidentally removed (!!!) from the grant program so $0, somehow only approved for $15k of loans, and the jobs ended up costing $28k. 😵‍💫

[Amy Ford @AmyLndOnt]

"Ontario money for Ontario-grown food for Ontario patients" - put it on a t-shirt already! :) Amazing Food Rx webinar with @joshnamaharaj & @NourishLead