From Short-term Response To Food System Transformation – A webinar from Food Secure Canada

Canada Focused, Featured Food, Food Security, Vulnerable Populations

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Watch the Food Secure Canada webinar on using food policy for transformative change. Where is the momentum right now, and how can we use it to build a better food system in the long-term? Originally recorded on Thursday April 16, 2020.

Panelists include:

  • Laura Reinsborough, Food for All NB
    Stuart Oke, National Farmers Union
  • Elizabeth Kwan, Canadian Labour Congress
  • Nick Saul, Community Food Centres Canada
  • Debbie Field, Coalition for Healthy School Food
  • Jessica McLaughlin, Thunder Bay & Area Food Strategy
  • Gisèle Yasmeen, Food Secure Canada (moderator)

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How to use this resource:

  • Hear ideas from across Canada about how we can have make space for food system transformation after immediate responses to COVID-19, related to agriculture, community food security, school food and more.

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