Local And Just

Too often we exist in ideological silos.  These silos make things a lot easier for us.  They help us avoid a whole lot of potentially contentious conversations.  We tend to talk with, and gravitate to, those with whom we share opinions.  In the world of food, this tends to break down as alternative vs conventional, [...]

October 16 is a big deal in foodie and food justice circles, and has been since its inception over 25 years ago in Italy. It is World Food Day, an event that celebrates the importance of food and that highlights the need to address the life threatening hunger and poverty that confronts almost a billion [...]

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 [...]