KAREN RIDEOUT CONSULTING

Food Security Indicators Review of Literature • 31st July 2019

Food Security Indicators Review of Literature

I was a contributing author and researcher on the theme of Food Environments.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 25th September 2018

What Staff Need to Know About... How to Identify Foods for Donations

Staff training guidance for businesses interested in donating food.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 25th September 2018

Date Stamps Demystified

Clarifying the meaning of different kinds of date stamps on food.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 25th September 2018

Food Donation Myths, Busted

Clear up common misconceptions that prevent businesses from donating food.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 25th September 2018

Appropriate Food for Donation

How to identify quality foods than can be donated by processors and manufacturers.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 23rd April 2018

Food Donation and Civil Liability in Canada

This companion to the Guidelines to Minimize Wasted Food and Facilitate Food Donations addresses concerns that current and future industry food donors may have about the potential for legal liability, particularly when donating perishable food items.

NZWC Guidelines for Food Donation • 23rd April 2018

Guidelines to Minimize Wasted Food and Facilitate Food Donations

Guidelines to help food businesses and community organizations make decisions about donating or receiving high quality and nutritious food that might otherwise be wasted.

Food Protection Trends • 1st September 2017

Opinions of Provincial Food Safety Specialists on Addressing Canadian Beef Processing Risks

Risk Analysis • 17th March 2017

Fish for Dinner? Balancing Risks, Benefits, and Values in Formulating Food Consumption Advice

Conversations in Food Studies • 30th September 2016

Finding Balance: Food Safety, Food Security, and Public Health

Book chapter, co-authored with Wanda Martin and Erika Mundel

Environmental Health Review • 12th December 2014

Food security and environmental health

BC Medical Journal • 1st January 2014

Food insecurity: A public health issue for BC

PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia • 15th December 2012

From Corporate to Connected: Resisting Food System Distancing in India and Canada

This report highlights the key findings of my PhD dissertation in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia. It was prepared for the organizations and individuals who participated in the research, as well as for anyone who may have an interest in this work.

BC Climate Action Toolkit • 8th May 2009

Dig It Community Garden Guide: How Local Governments Can Support Community Gardens

This report provides an introduction to community gardens and offers some background information designed to help local governments understand the benefits and challenges of community gardens. It also provides some practical tools and templates that can be used or adapted by local governments summarizes the report, makes recommendations for further work, and offers a variety of resources related to community gardening.

Resurgence • 1st September 2007

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Canadian Journal of Public Health • 1st July 2007

Food Sales Outlets, Food Availability, and the Extent of Nutrition Policy Implementation in Schools in British Columbia

Public Health Nutrition • 1st June 2007

Bringing home the right to food in Canada: challenges and possibilities for achieving food security

Canadian Journal of Public Health • 1st May 2006

Putting Food on the Public Health Table

Oxfam Canada • 2nd January 2006

Oxfam Canada Food and Trade Policy Working Group policy recommendations

SPARC BC News • 1st June 2005

Canada's food system: Does it exclude our most vulnerable people?

Access to safe, sufficient, and appropriate food is essential to happy living and general population health—no one could benefit more than our vulnerable citizens.