Food Secure Canada/Sécurité Alimentaire Canada

Initial Action Agenda
In October 2005, delegates to the 3rd National Food Security Assembly in Waterloo, Ontario, developed an initial action agenda for Food Secure Canada (FSC)/Sécurité Alimentaire Canada (SAC), focusing on research and policy development; strategic alliances and capacity building; education and outreach; and advocacy. For more details, see the full text of the action agenda.

Bits and Bytes
British Columbia Interior Health has initiated a project called Building Community Food Security with Bits and Bytes. The focus of the project is to establish and monitor effective models for mentoring from a distance to address the needs of community food security activists in far flung communities with varying populations, food security, and technological supports. One core need is for access to reliable and up-to-date information, and Food Secure Canada will be hosting a searchable database onb food security, starting with information developed by the project. Click here for more information.

The People's Food Policy Project
30 years ago, the People's Food Commission held hearings in 75 communities across Canada about the food system and came to the conclusion that the problems people were observing were not the fault of either food producers nor consumers, but the result of a system that put power in the hands of the corporations who control the space between them.

The official launch of the People's Food Policy Project will take place at the National Assembly – Reclaiming our Food System: A Call to Action – in Ottawa, November 7-10 2008. The PFPP will will explore how Food Sovereignty and the principles it embodies can be relevant and useful in working towards the goals of the Canadian movement for food security. The project’s ultimate goal is a suite of food policies, generated by the people working on food issues across the country, which will together provide a just and sustainable food system – food sovereignty – in the face of the imminent breakdown of the current globalized food system.

Member Projects

To contact Member organizations for more information, click here.

FarmFolk/CityFolk has published a handbook on Small Scale Organic Seed Production, written by Patrick Steiner of Stellar Seeds. For more information on how to purchase a copy, go to FarmFolk/CityFolk's website.

The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network is working on a campaign for a ban on the Terminator Technology. For more information, please click www.banterminator.org/

This is the Year of the Potato. For information about the potato and how people are mobilizing to defend it, check USC Canada's website, usc-canada.org/what-you-can-do/potato. Also, check the Potato Watch web-page, www.cban.ca/Resources/Topics/Potato-Watch

The National Farmers Union is continuing its campaign in defence of the Canadian Wheat Board. For more information, click here.

The Manitoba Food Charter had a formal signing ceremony in Winnipeg at the end of May. More than 30 groups signed on. Many organizations and individuals who have signed are working on developing their own policies and practices to comply with the commitments in the Charter. More information at http://food.cimnet.ca/cim/43C1_3T7T4T97.dhtm

The Food Security Policy Group acts as the International Working Group for Food Secure Canada /Sécurité alimentaire Canada. Please click www.ccic.ca/e/003/food.shtml

The National Farmers Union local 316 along with Food Down the Road have published "From the Ground Up: A Primer for Community Action on Kingston and Countryside's Food System" available at http://www.fooddowntheroad.ca/online/PDFs/fullprimer-screenres.pdf

Beyond Factory Farming Coalition has a wealth of information on sustainable livestock production and intensive livestock operations (ILOs). For detailed coverage of issues such as avian flu, click here.