23. 10 Policy Discussion Papers 1. Indigenous Food Sovereignty 2. Food Sovereignty in Rural and Remote Communities 3. Access to Food in Urban Communities 4. Agriculture, Infrastructure and Livelihoods 5. A Sustainable Fishery and Reasonable Livelihood for Fishers 6. Environment and Agriculture 7. Science and Technology for Food and Agriculture 8. Food Trade and International Aid 9. Healthy and Safe Food for All 10. Food Democracy and Governance
Launch – during Federal election, over 60 media hits, support from Greens and NDP (social democratic party) – official opposition
And developed a methodology for doing this across a vast land
Local procurement policies being passed by institutions – government, schools and school boards, hospitals
Emerging networks of networks – Food Secrure Canada brings the diversity of individual and organizational members to the table. Never had funding – this project was the first funded project of FSC.
Break out into groups
England, Scottland, Bangladesh, Brazil all have a food policy, it is simply a matter of time before we have one, and likely before Australia has one. In the absence of government leadership, the grassroots has created a colourful mosaic of programs and projects that respond to some of these challenges
In the second phase of the project, we attempted to broaden the conversation by launching a wide open invitation to host kitchen table talks and appeal to the fact that we are all stakeholders in the food system, implying that we should all have a say in it.
The online component of our work is very important because it allows people in remote communities to contribute their thoughts. What is a KTT? Policy retreat – key face to face encounter
WE got an incredibly positive response from people in rural areas – they felt like they were being heard, our process gave them hope and a connection to others across the country who shared their concerns.
Citizen engagement is rooted in the theory of participatory and deliberative democracy. More importantly, citizen engagement provides a range of methods for implementing these theories that are firmly grounded in research methods.