Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference Kingston, Ontario

Dec. 3, 2013

Co-Creating Regional Resilience in Ontario

If diverse communities of people are going to envision a more sustainable future and then co-create viable and innovative strategies for getting there, they must first see themselves as being inextricably connected to one another and to the natural environment -- Myriam Laberge and Ann Svendsen

What is the Network?

55 established and emerging co-ops across Ontario dedicated to co-operatively cultivating a more

sustainable food system

Build Capacity

Network

Learn

• Individual Co-op

• Network strength

• Connect

• Share

• Educate

• Advocate

Legend: Start-Up Existing Succession

Network’s Operating Values

1. Bringing local farmers and eaters into closer relationship

2. Growing and supplying fresh, healthy food locally

3. Keeping money in the community

4. Trading fairly, both domestically and internationally

5. Saving energy, building the soil, and protecting water

6. Celebrating good food, culture and community

LOFC Network Development

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Start-Up Emerging Established

Co-op Ownership Models

• Producer-Owned Farmer-Owned Organic Meadow

• Consumer-Owned Eater-Owned Mountain Equipment Co-op

• Worker-Owned La Siembra Co-op (Camino Brand)

• Multistakeholder West End Food Co-op

Virtual Co-operation

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Thank you!

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