Reflections on the Good Food Revolution · 28/04/2014 22 Closing messages }Good food revolution is...
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Reflections on the Good Food Revolution Peter AndréeAssociate Professor Department of Political Science Carleton University
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Overview: Why ‘Good Food’? Some reflections on proposed ‘solutions’ Making the food justice link:
Improving the accessibility of local and sustainably produced food
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Why ‘Good Food’?
The challenge of achieving sustainability AND social justice
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Peak Everything?
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An anthropological approach to the evaluation of preschool children exposed to pesticides in Mexico. E A Guillette, M M Meza, M G Aquilar, A D Soto, and I E Garcia Environ Health Perspect. Jun 1998; 106(6): 347–353.
“draw yourself”
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What’s in the grocery store? Participatory Food Costing… and “Pseudo Foods”
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See: Marion Nestle 2002. Food Politics. University of California Press
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‘Mission to Canada’ Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter
http://www.srfood.org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/20121224_canadafinal_en.pdf
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But: Solutions don’t lie solely in the alternatives
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Fernleigh farms, Bullarto, Victoria, Australia
A different path: local & organic
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http://www.fertilizer.org/ifa/statistics/indicators/ind_cn_world.asp
Organic agriculture the solution?
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“We produce cauliflower for x cents a pound, so to go to a smaller scale and level of efficiencies: they’d be double or triple… they’re cost per unit is way up there… Well, from a food security point of view, that’s is not the solution.”
(larger-scale farmer from the Annapolis valley)
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Local and small scale the solution?
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Making the food justice link:
Or: How to support local producer livelihoods AND access to ‘good food’ for all?
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Some programming models: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Voucher programs Mobile markets in low income communities
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Some programming models: Farm-to-Institution programs Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms that prioritize broad access Multi-stakeholder co-op stores
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Some programming models: Food box programs
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Underpinning all of this: Infrastructure needs
This is where food hubs and community food centers can serve a role
For more detail:
Food Access and Farm Income Environmental Scan by Steve Piazza http://nourishingontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Food-Access-and-Farm-Income.pdf
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Observations: Cannot assume an easy link Third party often underwrites program Volunteer hours critical Not replacement for traditional income support programs
So… continued work to do (together)!
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And much not covered here (but worth attention): Community economic development initiatives (job creation) Community gardening, etc. Innovative gov’t policy
Hope Blooms http://hopeblooms.ca/
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Closing messages Good food revolution is here! The ‘solutions’ are not as simple as some suggest We need to actively bring in the social justice dimension Local food and accessibility issues don’t line up easily But there are ways to make the links creatively Food Charters are a great first step!