Food security: Why hunger is a farm issue
Posted: May 15, 2012
Categories: News from Sustain Ontario
A nation that cannot feed itself is a nation that is inherently food insecure. Welcome to Canada, 21st Century.
Canada is a nation that imports almost as much food as it exports. In many cases the same products go out and come in. It is a nation that has systematically encouraged food supply from long distances. It has discouraged mixed crop regionally based farmers in favour of large-scale consolidation of agricultural production, mostly for export. More than food security (everyone gets to eat) we need food sovereignty (where we retain control of our food supply).
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