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Research Associate, Nourishing Ontario

Building, defending and strengthening agroecology

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…from Agroecology Now.

The Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience of Coventry University and ILEIA, the Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture have produced a new publication and video that explore the meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives.

Building, Defending and Strengthening AgroecologyA movement is growing. While agroecology has been practiced for millennia in diverse places around the world, today we are witnessing the mobilisation of transnational social movements to build, defend and strengthen agroecology as the pathway towards a more just, sustainable and viable food and agriculture system. Read more…

Food Trade Game

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Come celebrate World Food Day 2015 by playing the Food Trade Game!

October 16th is World Food Day. To mark the occasion, on October 15th Wilfrid Laurier University’s Centre for Sustainable Food Systems is hosting a Food Trade Game.
The game is a fun way of experiencing the realities of our global food system through role-playing and simulation. Randall Coleman will be facilitating, and we will be joined by special guest Aabir Dey of the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security. If you are in or near the Waterloo area, come join us! Details and registration: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/world-food-day-2015-play-the-food-trade-game-tickets-18424457047

Art and the Urban Farm: Yorklands Green Hub event

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We live in a time of great change in our city. As artists, we may feel moved to capture the old Guelph before it is transformed. Yorklands Green Hub would like to invite artists to the former Guelph Corrections Centre before it undergoes large-scale repurposing, for a day of…

En Plein Air

Sunday, September 27, 2015 – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Artists of all ages and skill levels are welcome to use any media of their choosing (wet, dry, photography, etc.) to capture the landscape of the 47 acres of heritage land of the former Guelph Correctional Centre—before it is transformed into a self-sustaining education, demonstration, innovation and research hub that will focus on the importance and practice of sustainable food production, wise water use and protection, wetland research, energy conservation and renewable energies on a heritage site.

Then, exhibit your framed work at 10 Carden Street, at the

En Plein Air Art Exhibit

from October 2nd to 8th! Read more…

En Plien Air pdf (2.4 MB)

Les systèmes alimentaires territorialisés, source de diversité et outil d’intégration et de compétitivité

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The Territorialized Agri-Food Systems: Source of Diversity and Tool for Integration and Competitiveness

Université Laval, Québec, 1er et 2 octobre 2015
Salle Hydro-Québec, Pavillon Alphonse-Desjardins

Le concept des Systèmes Alimentaires Territorialisés (SAT) prend racine depuis quelques années en France et constitue une matrice porteuse pour envisager des systèmes alimentaires respectueux de la diversité culturelle et biologique et à même de servir les différents aspects de la sécurité alimentaire tout en cohabitant avec le système mondialisé de consommation et de production de masse. Cette notion met l’accent sur une maximisation de l’intégration locale des systèmes, par opposition aux pratiques de l’espace géographique mondialisé. En se plaçant dans une perspective historique, on peut avancer que la mondialisation fragmente les systèmes par une division croissante du travail et un allongement des distances entre le site de production des intrants de toute nature et le site de fabrication des produits finis, mais aussi entre le lieu de production et de consommation de ces produits. Lire la suite…

EC Development Program at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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This position will interest self-motivated individuals wishing to work in a dynamic team environment, seeking to make a contribution to policy development.

The employee will participate in various activities related to issues affecting the agriculture and agri-food sector.

Responsibilities may include conducting analytical and research work; monitoring and reporting on issues nationally and internationally; identifying and analyzing trends; developing strategies, recommendations and solutions to complex challenges; working collaboratively with team members from across the department and across-government, preparing papers, reports, briefing notes, and presentations. Read more…

Enseignant(e) Chercheur(e) en Economie Agro-alimentaire

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L’ISARA-Lyon est une école d’ingénieurs de référence dans le Grand Sud-Est rayonnant aux niveaux national et international dans les domaines de l’agriculture, l’alimentation, le développement rural et l’environnement. Au-delà de son activité de formation, l’ISARA-Lyon mène également des activités de recherche finalisée et de conseils aux entreprises déclinés par enseignants et consultants.

Dans le cadre de son développement, l’ISARA-Lyon recrute un(e) :

ENSEIGNANT(e)-CHERCHEUR(e) CONFIRME(e) en ECONOMIE AGRO-ALIMENTAIRE

L’enjeu est double : s’inscrire dans le plan stratégique porté par l’école, visant à transmettre, développer et faire partager des expertises techniques et scientifiques, tant du point de vue de l’enseignement, que de celui de la contribution à la réflexion sur les problématiques environnementales et de développement durable.

Au sein d’une équipe pluridisciplinaire, composée de sociologues, économistes et géographes dont le projet scientifique porte sur l’analyse des relations entre agriculture, systèmes alimentaires et développement territorial. Cette équipe est également membre du Laboratoire d’Etudes Rurales (LER) de l’Université de Lyon 2. Vous collaborerez régulièrement avec des enseignants et consultants auprès des entreprises agro-alimentaires. Lire la suite…

Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference

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November 4 – 5, 2015 | Belleville, ON

A conference designed to facilitate stronger relationships among local food groups, challenge obstacles to growth as well as provide technical information on key topics. Local food initiatives have been innovative in running their businesses, adapting practices and looking for partners to be successful in this rapidly growing sector. Join the ‘Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference‘ to share information, learn about success stories and gather information on innovative local food businesses, projects and best practices. For more information: http://eastontlocalfood.ca/

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Fortnightly Feast

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Bring Food Home: Digging Deeper

This fall, Sudbury will be buzzing with sustainable, healthy food and farming advocates, innovators, and decision-makers gathering for Bring Food Home: Digging Deeper, based at the Sudbury Radisson Hotel on November 20-22, 2015. Sustain Ontario is pleased to announce that Early Bird conference registration is now open, along with tickets for the popular Feast of Local Flavours. Read more…

Community Food Projects Indicators of Success FY 2014

The Community Food Projects Indicators of Success FY 2014 report illustrates the collective impact of Community Food Project grantees from FY 2014 based on the metrics from Whole Measures for Community Food Systems. It includes metrics from the 6 areas of impact from Whole Measures: Healthy People, Strong Communities, Thriving Local Economies, Sustainable Ecosystems, Vibrant Farms and Gardens and Fairness and Justice. Read more…

Agroecology as a Tool for Liberation: An interview with Miguel Ramirez, National Coordinator of the Organic Agriculture Movement of El Salvador

We say that every square meter of land that is worked with agro-ecology is a liberated square meter. We see it as a tool to transform farmers’ social and economic conditions. We see it as a tool of liberation from the unsustainable capitalist agricultural model that oppresses farmers. Read more…

Lessons from the Field: A New Series for Food Hub Development

Since 2009, USDA has invested in 29,100 local food opportunities, including food hubs, small scale processing and farmers markets across all 50 states and the US territories. These investments include over 12,000 loans and micro-loans to small-scale producers who often sell products locally and over 13,000 high tunnels (low-cost covered structures that extend the growing season and make locally-grown products available later in the year). Read more…

Running a Food Hub

IN RECENT YEARS, several surveys—including the 2013 National Food Hub Survey1 and the Food Hub Benchmarking Study2—have collected data on U.S. food hubs. What seems to be lacking from the current research on food hubs is information on operations and “lessons learned” from those involved in starting and operating food hubs. Read more…

ClearWater at the Reed Farm

Georgina, June 25, 2015 – Council’s unanimous decision last night to lease a portion of the Reed Farm at Willow Beach to the Ontario Water Centre is the latest initiative towards a more prosperous Georgina.

The Centre will rechristen eight acres of the Town-owned property (including the historic homestead) as the “ClearWater Farm”. ClearWater will be a community-based social enterprise to stimulate jobs and the local economy, provide affordable learning opportunities, demonstrate water-wise techniques, and celebrate “field to fork” culinary arts. Read more…

 

Canadian “family farm” in the twenty-first century

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We would like to invite you to participate in a study entitled Canadian “family farm” in the twenty-first century. This study aims to better understand how well the term “family farm” applies to today’s farms in Canada. Our research team consists of Irena Knezevic (Carleton University), Kelly Bronson (St. Thomas University) and Chantal Clement (graduate student at Carleton University).

We are interested in speaking to Canadian farmers over the age of 18, whose farms fit the designation of a “family farm”.  (A family farm is any farm not managed by a commune, co-operative, or a non-family corporation). If you are interested to participate you will be asked for one 30-60 minute phone interview. For more details or questions about the study,  or to participate in this research project, please contact me at Irena.Knezevic@Carleton.ca

Sincerely,

Irena Knezevic, Assistant Professor

School of Journalism and Communication

Carleton University

 

*NEW* Project SOIL Pilot and Participatory Action Research (PAR) Case Studies

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August 18, 2015, from ProjectSOIL.ca

We’re happy to share brand new pilot project case studies from four graduate student PAR on-site food growing projects! Each is available in html and print [pdf] form.

pilot-case-studies

http://projectsoil.ca/project-overview/pilots/

Students were enriched and tested by their experiences—and each was instrumental in advancing a pilot project with one of our institutional partners: the GreenWerks Garden at Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital (Lauren Turner); the Food School Farm at Centre Wellington District High School (Tim O’Brien); the Victorian Kitchen Gardens at Homewood Health Centre (Emily French); and the Our Farm Project at KW Habilitation (Elena Christy).

This year’s pilot at Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital’s Therapeutic Garden is in full swing, with a weekly market and an Open House held August 7. Further news to come!