Food organizations from across Canada will be joining Montreal-based food groups for a feast of good food ideas on Nov. 26th. Over 200 individuals and organizations are expected to take part in the event, which is catered by Montreal’s food movement including restaurants and food banks, much of it with local and sustainably sourced ingredients, … Read more
Food Secure Canada (FSC) is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) and all other federal party leaders to mark World Food Day – the same day as the speech From the throne – by speaking up about Canada’s broken food system and what can be done to fix it. Dozens of Canadians … Read more
Food Secure Canada said that as Canadians from coast to coast are feasting on the summer harvest of fresh local produce, many are unaware of an impending crisis facing Canadian agriculture. The group said that the Canada needs policies and programs that encourage people to make farming their career choice. Food Secure Canada is pleased … Read more
Food Secure Canada said 150 enthusiastic people crammed into a hall at the Centre for Social Innovation-Regent Park on April 8 to discuss the need for a national food policy on the eve of a Food Summit gathering executives from some of Canada’s biggest food businesses. The event was co-sponsored by Food Secure Canada, FoodShare … Read more
Food Secure Canada said that having no national food policy is expensive, costing Canadian taxpayers billions in stopgap programs that do not address the underlying issues. The group added that most recently, Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on the Right to Food, joined the chorus of voices across Canada calling for a national … Read more
Food Secure Canada, welcomes the report of the UN Special rapporteur on the right to food on Canada and hopes the government will take its recommendations seriously. This report is the product of a mission to Canada undertaken last spring, at the invitation of the Government of Canada, that included several briefings organized by Food … Read more
The recent XL Foods recall, the largest in Canadian history, shows the kinds of problems that come up when there is over-concentration in the food industry. Three hundred participants at Food Secure Canada’s National Assembly in Edmonton, Alta., (1-4 Nov.) adopted this statement of concern and recommendations on what steps should be taken to fix … Read more
Like dozens of Canadians including Ed Broadbent, Flora Macdonald, Warren Allmand, Lois Wilson, and Laure Waridel representatives of over one hundred organizations from across the country sent a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, AB) to tell him how much they are concerned about how the government treated the expert from the United … Read more
As the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food winds up his mission to Canada, Food Secure Canada called for a national food policy, based on the recommendations in "Resetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada." Executive director of Food Secure Canada Diana Bronson said any national food policy must be participatory … Read more
Food Secure Canada is asking the new Parliament to adopt its new food policy "Resetting the Table: A People's Food Policy for Canada." The policy calls for an overhaul of Federal policies governing all aspects of food: where it comes from, how it is produced, and how all Canadians can have access to safe and … Read more
