A BRIEF CASE STUDY

Food

Food Justice is

• "communities exercising their right to grow, sell, and eat [food that is] fresh, nutritious, affordable, culturally appropriate, and grown locally with care for the well-being of the land, workers, and animals".

food sustainability

• Ensures a better life for all, now, and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, while living within the limits of supporting ecosystems.

imagine...

• "that all communities, regardless of race or income, can have both increased access to healthy food and the power to influence a food system that prioritizes environmental and human needs over agribusiness profits."
• ...a weaving together of justice and sustainability

North America's First

1 in 7 across Canada
1 in 4 children in Toronto

FEED CANADIANS NOT LANDFILLS

• Help make a difference to the lives of fellow Canadians who are in need of assistance with securing nutritious food and regular balanced meals by donating your unused and unsold food otherwise destined for the landfill.

food waste

Multiple intersecting systems of oppression

neoliberalism, capitalism

Principles of Food Sovereignty

• Focus on food for people
• Value food providers
• Localize food systems
• Localize control
• Build knowledge and skills
• Work with nature

Focus on people, community needs should be self-determined

Value food providers, work with nature

BUILD KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Work with nature

200 acres

ADVOCACY FOR LEGISLATION

dignity

Who is "we"?

Feed It Forward