region: North America
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Standing on the threshold: COVID-19 and our food system
Author: Barbara Emanuel I recently retired as Manager of the Toronto Food Strategy and retirement has thrust me into a liminal state. The word “liminal” means being on the threshold; it is a point or place of entering or beginning, when you are no longer in your current state but haven’t fully transitioned yet to…
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Local food system responses to COVID-19: Toronto and its city region
Authors: Lori Stahlbrand (George Brown College) and Wayne Roberts (Food Systems Analyst) Toronto and its city region – known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe – is the most populous area in Canada, with nine million inhabitants. As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economy, leading to spiraling unemployment, increased food…
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The social and informal economy of food: reports on community food initiatives
Special issue of Canadian Food Studies on The social and informal economy of food offers a set of papers and reports that detail the work of several community food initiatives, links observations to literature, and invites others to engage. Contents: Introduction to the special issue on the social and informal economy of food – Irena…
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Alison Blay-Palmer named UNESCO Chair in Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability
Wilfrid Laurier University Professor Alison Blay-Palmer (RUAF partner) has been named United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair in Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies. Led in Canada by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the prestigious UNESCO Chairs program promotes international inter-university cooperation in key priority areas for the agency. The chair program involves…
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Interview with Barbara Emanuel, manager of the Toronto Food Strategy
Interview with RUAF partner Barbara Emanuel manager of the Toronto Food Strategy at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Meeting in Montpellier, October 2019.
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Podcast series on sustainable food
The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, one of the RUAF partners, launched a podcast series. The podcast shares positive changes in the ways we produce, gather, eat, dispose of and understand our food. Handpicked: Stories from the Field presents the real-life stories of farmers, academics, community partners, policy makers and activists as they work…
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Toronto Food Strategy 2018 Report
This report describes the complexities of working towards healthy food systems change and how the Toronto Food Strategy uses a multi -sectoral approach.
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Interview with Henk Renting on urban food policies and food movements
Henk Renting of RUAF Foundation was interviewed by Wayne Roberts on urban food policies and food movement building.
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Using food as tool for settlement and integration in Toronto
Toronto won the 2017 Milan Pact Awards with the highest score for the good practice Community Food Works for Newcomers: Using food as tool for settlement and integration. The programme provides training at no cost to obtain a Food Handler Training and Certification and supports refugees and low-income residents who are job-ready to access employment…
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Alison Blay Palmer on why she works on food
This video was used as a trailer for Alison’s induction into the Royal Society of Canada at their Annual General Meeting. Shot at the Balsillie School of International Affairs to highlight the research Alison is doing on Global Food Systems. @John Ternan.