Local And Just

Two news stories caught my eye this week.  News that, while not particularly surprising, is pretty indicative of the values (or lack thereof) that drive our food system.  Actually, values is the wrong word.  There is but a sole creed of the industrial food system:  profit before people.  If there is an opportunity for money [...]

Are you concerned about policies that restrict urban agriculture in the city?  Rules that limit farmers’ markets?  Think that there are economic or environmental opportunities in local food?  Wonder how our city could best dispose of its food waste? Fortunately, many other Winnipeggers are as well!  And they are encouraging the city to establish a [...]

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, [...]

A recent study by Kevin Hall at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the United States discovered that food waste in the United States has reached 1400 calories per person per day. To put this in perspective, this is only slightly less than the average Ethiopian’s daily caloric consumption. And this is just from supermarket to home, not even from farm to supermarket.