Category: Healthy Eating and Food Insecurity

Aug. 28 – Individuals and families on low incomes struggle to afford a healthy diet, especially as food prices continue to rise. Food insecurity and inadequate access to food due to financial constraints affects 11 percent of households in Haldimand and Norfolk. Community Health Dietitian Emily Kichler will present numbers from the ‘Nutritious Food Basket’ […]

July 25, 2019, Simcoe, ON – Effective October 1, 2019, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit will no longer provide services currently done through the Preschool Speech and Language program. The Health Unit’s service agreement with Affiliated Services for Children and Youth for the Infant Hearing screens will also come to an end on September 30. The […]

June 19th, 2018, Simcoe, ON Two local schools, Houghton Public School in Langton and St. Frances Cabrini in Delhi, are both raising banners after achieving gold status in OPHEA’s Healthy Schools Certification program for the 2017/2018 school year. The Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA) Healthy School Certification recognizes and celebrates school communities for […]

SIMCOE, ONTARIO February 9th, 2018– According to the 2017 Nutritious Food Basket (NFB) survey conducted by the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit (HNHU), it costs a family of four about $868 for a month’s worth of healthy groceries. The NFB is a survey conducted every year by the HNHU to determine the cost of eating a healthy […]

SIMCOE, January 14, 2015 – It costs 15% more to eat well than it did five years ago, with a 3.5% increase in the past year. Every year the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit surveys the price of food items across Haldimand and Norfolk using a tool called the Nutritious Food Basket.  The cost is determined by […]