Local And Just

This summer MAFRA was fortunate to help organize a number of food justice focused photography workshops lead by Duncan McNairnay. The idea behind the workshops were that photos can help community organizations to tell the story of their food focused projects and individuals tell the story of their experiences with food. Food Matters Manitoba will be showcasing [...]

It’s easy to overlook the unique features of the food system in different neighbourhoods.  Does every neighbourhood have access to community gardens and farmers market? How much food is being produced in a community? Are there some neighbourhoods with more fast food stores or more food related programs than others? Food Matters Manitoba has been [...]

Joel Salatin recently opened the Growing Local Conference put on by Food Matters Manitoba with his rousing address entitled “Local Food to the Rescue”.  Joel Salatin is well known for his role in the documentary movie “Food Inc.”, his six books related to farming and his family farm called Polyface Inc. that services more than [...]

Earlier this month, I had an opportunity to attend the Food Secure Saskatchewan conference in Moose Jaw.  It was not only an excellent conference, with a diverse group of attendees and interesting speakers, but it also illustrated to me the importance of creating connections between our work in Manitoba and the work happening in other [...]