Chippewas of the Thames First Nation focuses on nutrition at the upcoming pow wow – Anishinabek News
May 3, 2024
CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES — The Chippewas of the Thames’ Chippewa Health Centre is continuing its diabetes initiatives including a nutrition subsidy of $100 off the food vendors fee for those selling fruit or vegetables at the Chippewas of the Thames Pow Wow.
“I was an idea that just came to me,” says Marley Fisher, community dietitian at the Chippewa Health Centre, noting that she thought of the idea last summer as a way to promote healthy eating. “When we think of pow wows, we often don’t think of fruit and vegetables right away, so that’s where the idea came to offer a nutrition subsidy for food vendors that were able to offer fruits and vegetables at their stands for the Chippewa Pow Wow.”
Fisher says the food vendors could get up to $100 off their vendors fee, $50 off for serving a qualifying vegetable and $50 off for serving a qualifying fruit.
