Local And Just

Spring warmth. Strokes worn cheek. Leaves bud. Purple-green. People. Many. Languid on porches. Conversations murmur. Rippling. Past me.

Just spent a long and taxing day. Face to facing with Syngenta, McCains, Bayers, Sobeys and the like. Way (light years of way) out of my comfort zone. Talking up agriculture and sustainability. What the hell was I drinking? Seen as the biggest, baddest, and ugliest food corporations around. They are hate personified for many [...]

Troy Stozek and I co-host a weekly campus radio-show and podcast. ‘Shaking the Tree’. It promotes environmental, social, and food justice. A mix of talk, walk, and rock. Lots of fun and lots (and lots) of work. Check us out. www.shakingthetreeradio.ca. (Please). This week’s show – dumpster diving. Finished the studio segment, interviewing Geoff, Danielle, [...]

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One word: Wow! What a great event. Over 300 people attended our “World Food Day” event. And 200 of us had lunch. And what an incredible lunch! Traditional bison stew and bannock from the Chocolate Shop. Sudanese Kisra bread and Sambusa from Nyam Nyam. And Anarchist vegan stew, snacks, and fair trade coffee/tea from Mondragon. All [...]

YES, we did it!!! It took us 18 months, 23 meetings, and about 2000 coffees to give birth to our localANDjust funding proposal that we just submitted to SSHRC (Social Science and Humanities Research Council of the federal government). We have about a 30% chance of success; about the same chance that there is is [...]