Local Food and Food Justice at York University

Good morning UeaTers!

If you are interested in food justice, and have some time tomorrow (Tuesday), be sure to head up to York University for an exciting event. Details below:

LOCAL FOOD AND FOOD JUSTICE

When? 19 January 2010

Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm

Participants:

Professor Deborah Barndt of York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies and other partners of the Foodshed Project will speak, moderated by Professor Harriet Friedmann of the University of Toronto.

Toronto has been the site of innovative food initiatives transforming the food system at all stages of the food cycle. The growing demand for local food is complicated by diasporic communities who bring their own agricultural and culinary practices to this process of transformation. How can the “local” be reframed through the lens of food justice?

The Foodshed Project, a participatory action research collaboration between the University of Toronto Munk Centre, the Faculty of Environmental Studies and 30 local organizations, will probe the organizational ecology, generational and cultural renewal of these initiatives. Community partners from rural and urban contexts will bring their perspectives to the issues of local food and food justice.

Who will be there?

Harriet Friedmann (University of Toronto)

Lord Abbey (The Stop Community Food Centre)

Graham Corbett (Whole Village Community Shared Agriculture)

Evelyn Encalada (Justicia4Migrant Workers)

Anan Lololi (AfriCan Food Basket)

Sally Miller (West End Food Coop)

For more details, visit http://www.yorku.ca/yuevents/index.asp?Event=18453&Category=0&ShowCal=Y&TimeSame=Jan&Month=1&Year=2010

 

In the coming week, we will update you on our very own Food Justice event coming up in February…so check back soon!