Member Event: Tasting Food Democracy
Posted: April 8, 2013
Food Secure Canada presents Tasting Food Democracy: A People’s Food Policy for Canada. The event takes place today (April 8th) from 5-7 pm and will bring together various speakers to discuss policies needed to ensure a healthy future for all Canadians, one which includes an equitable and sustainable food system.
The event will take place and the Centre for Social Innovation, Regent Park, located at 585 Dundas Street East (3rd Floor) in Toronto. A live webcast requiring no registration will also be made available on the day of the event.
For more information on this event, including details on speakers and accessing the live webcast, visit this page.
A full description of the event (see previous link for original source) from Food Secure Canada:
Two years ago, Food Secure Canada launched Resetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada. Together with food leaders across the country, we held kitchen table talks with over 3500 Canadians about policies needed to ensure healthy, safe, sustainable food for all.
More recently, the Canadian food industry, under the auspices of the Conference Board of Canada, has been developing a National Food Strategy and they are holding an exclusive Food Summit in Toronto 9-10 April.
We think a worthwhile National Food Policy needs to address hunger, fisheries, Indigenous and labour rights, children, local food, Northern issues and more. Don’t you? In fact, much of our vision of a democratic food governance in Canada is encapsulted in the 10th and final discussion paper of Resetting the Table entitled Food Democracy and Governance.
On April 8th, we’ll broaden the conversation about a National Food Policy. We want to ensure that everyone is heard. Read FSC’s backgrounder document on the Conference Board of Canada’s consultation process and the need for a democratic national food strategy.