Food Secure Canada National Assembly
Posted: May 20, 2010
Categories: News from Sustain Ontario
Every two years, Food Secure Canada hosts a national assembly, bringing together people who work on farm and food issues from across the country.
This year the assembly “Weaving together food policy and community action: an agenda for change” will be held in Montreal, November 26-28. This is a great opportunity to share your work and learn from others.
The call for proposals can be found here.
Food Secure Canada is based in three interlocking commitments:
Zero Hunger
All people at all times must be able to acquire, in a dignified manner, adequate quantity and quality of culturally and personally acceptable food. This is essential to the health of our population, and requires cooperation among many different sectors, including housing, social policy, transportation, agriculture, education, and community, cultural, voluntary and charitable groups, and businesses.
A Sustainable Food System
Food in Canada must be produced, harvested (including fishing and other wild food harvest), processed, distributed and consumed in a manner which maintains and enhances the quality of land, air and water for future generations, and in which people are able to earn a living wage in a safe and healthy working environment by harvesting, growing, producing, processing, handling, retailing and serving food.
Healthy and Safe Food
Safe and nourishing foods must be readily at hand (and less nourishing ones restricted); food (including wild foods) must not be contaminated with pathogens or industrial chemicals; and no novel food can be allowed to enter the environment or food chain without rigorous independent testing and the existence of an on-going tracking and surveillance system, to ensure its safety for human consumption.
Mission
Food Secure Canada is a Canada-wide alliance of civil society organizations and individuals collaborating to advance dialogue and cooperation for policies and programs that improve food security in Canada and globally.
FSC aims to unite people and organizations working for food security nationally and globally. FSC is a registered non-profit society with a wide membership which includes local and national organizations and unaffiliated individuals. It works for its members, facilitating collaborative activities by members to advance food security. FSC only has a distinct voice when its members so decide through formal approval mechanisms. Projects emerge from the members and, once agreement in principle has been reached, are advanced by FSC with the involvement of those members participating in the initiative.