Best Fork Forward

In Ontario, Canada, the definitive food chain, with everybody on top.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Jeff Heilman

In 2003, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture identified culinary tourism as a major development initiative for the entire province, articulated three years later in its 10-year Ontario Culinary Tourism Strategy & Action Plan. On paper, the plan, subsequently updated by the Ontario 2011-2015 Culinary Tourism Strategy, is an economic blueprint for transforming Ontario into “the premier international culinary tourism destination.” In practice, it is a showcase study—a celebration, really—of the power of shared purpose along the full length of the literal food chain.

To read more….  this article passed on by Sandi Galloway with the Canadian Tourism Commission.