Local And Just

If you don’t have time to read through all of the project proposals that were submitted to MAFRA, here is a quick look at the kinds of projects that we are considering funding. In the city, the focus tends to be towards education and research around teaching people about healthy eating (Healthier Food, Healthier Communities; [...]

This fall I had an opportunity to do a couple of things that I have not done before; I travelled to a remote northern community and I learned how to harvest chickens.  I had the privilege to accompany Byron Beardy, Laurie Wood Ducharme, Wallace McDougall, Grace McDougall (Four Arrows Regional Health Authority Inc.) and Robert [...]

Last week, the big whigs of the federal Liberal Party headed out to Holland Acres, Ontario to announce the framework of their National Food Policy.  This, they pronounced, was a decisive moment for the country, the development of the first food policy at a national level.  Other parties have also put forward proposals on food [...]

Over the next three weeks I will be traveling across the world to examine food justice issues in India and Bangladesh.  Along with several other participants from across Canada who come from a variety of backgrounds, I will have the opportunity to visit several projects associated with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.  The theme of the [...]

Connecting Northern and Rural Communities Through Food Sovereignty There are so many things I could say about my recent trip to Grand Rapids, it is hard to know where to focus. I could mention the stunning beauty of the northern forest or I could try to describe the dumb-founding clarity of the pink and blue-green [...]

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 [...]