Nationally Networked, Locally Gr(own): Joint Session with CAFS and CACS
Posted: May 6, 2015
Categories: Events / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Members
Congress 2015 will include a morning dedicated to Food & Cooperatives, featuring speakers from Sustain Ontario members such as the Local Organic Food Co-ops Network, Just Food, and the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems. The sessions take place at the University of Ottawa on June 2, 2015 and is open to Congress registrants. Read about the roundtable lunch session below, or click the poster to the right to expand the image and read about the other sessions.
Nationally Networked, Locally Gr(own): Federating for Food Sovereignty
What would a pan-Canadian alliance of local food and farming co-operatives look like? To what degree could it strengthen the capacity of co-operatives in the food system to more deeply engage citizens across the country in rebuilding the food system? How could a federation, a national network, or a coalition of co-ops working toward redefining local food systems advocate for and create the conditions for greater food sovereignty for small farms, new farmers, processors and distributors, and eaters from coast to coast to coast?
If these questions get your gears going, come participate in a discussion on these themes as a special crossover event between the Canadian Association of Food Studies and Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation! Join representatives from the Local Organic Food Co-ops Network to learn more about their work collaborating across the province of Ontario during the past 6 years, in the midst of the 3rd wave of food co-operative development. Using Principle 6, co-operation amongst co-operatives, the LOFC Network is building a more co-operative food system through collaboration for co-op capacity building. Denyse Guy, a founder of the LOFC Network and Executive Director of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada, as well as Abra Brynne from Food Secure Canada, will speak to their experiences working with national coalitions and citizen engagement strategies in order to foster conversation among participants.
A pay-what-its-worth lunch will be provided by and benefit Ottawa’s emerging West End Well Co-op.