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Growing Food Security throughLocal Sustainable Food Systems:
The LFP Approach
Presented by:Lori Stahlbrand
President Local Food Plus
April 2009
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A Definition of Food Security
That all people at all times have access to safe, nutritious, culturally appropriate food adequate for a healthy and active life, eaten in dignity and produced sustainably
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A Financially Unsustainable Food System
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Net Farm Income for Canadian Farmers: 1956 - 2001
Only 7000 farmers in Ontario are under age 35 out of more than 82,000.
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An Environmentally Unsustainable Food System
• Water pollution
• Soil degradation
• Loss of biodiversity
• Climate change
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Urban Sprawl
½ of Canada’s prime farmland is in Southern Ontario
Almost all of it is under threat from urban sprawl
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A Socially Unsustainable Food System
• Child Hunger
• Malnutrition
• Exploitation of Farm Workers
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A Sustainable Food System
• Primarily local
• Financially viable for all stakeholders
• Operates with ecological integrity
• Socially responsible
• Respectful of other species
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The LFP Approach
Scaling up local sustainable food systems
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LFP Certification Standards
• Employ sustainable production systems
• Provide healthy and humane care for livestock
• Provide safe and fair working conditions
• Protect and enhance wildlife and biodiversity
• Reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases
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LFP Certification Flow Chart
Local (Mandatory)
150 pts.
LFP Certified
Crop/Livestock Production
(450-600 pts.)
Biodiversity(150 pts.)
Labour(Mandatory)
(150 pts.)
Energy(150 pts.)
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University of Toronto/LFP Partnership September 2006
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Fiesta Farms/LFP Partnership October 2007
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Town of Markham/LFP PartnershipJune 2008
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Peel District School Board/LFP Partnership 2009
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The LFP Approach:What’s In It for Farmers?
• Leverages consumer values to open new and higher value markets
• Provides recognition for efforts to increase on-farm environmental and social sustainability
• Creates consistent multi-year demand for local sustainable food
• Gives farmers more power in the market place through product differentiation, segmentation and branding
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The LFP Approach:What’s In It for Purchasers?
• Positions a purchaser at the forefront of emerging market trends
• Responds to client concerns
• Demonstrates the purchaser’s responsibility to the larger community and the environment
• Creates a market advantage
• Provides a concrete way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Local Food Plus:What’s in it for Eaters?
•Offers food that is fresher
•Offers a way for eaters to support local sustainable farmers and processors
•Offers a way for urban people to counteract urban sprawl
•Offers a way for eaters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through their food choices
•Offers a way for individuals to take collective action
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The LFP Campaign Theme
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Growing Food Security throughLocal Sustainable Food Systems:
The LFP Approach
Presented by:Lori Stahlbrand
President Local Food Plus
April 2009