Food Security: Interventions Flashcards
What are short-term strategies in food security?
Short-term relief strategies provide emergency food programs during crises.
What are examples of short-term food security strategies?
Food banks
Babies First/Steps and Stages programs
Soup kitchens
When did food banks start in Canada, and why?
In 1981 during unemployment and recession in Edmonton, AB, as an “emergency measure.”
What are criticisms of charity-based approaches to food security?
Creates a “culture of charity” without solving poverty’s root causes.
Governments shift responsibility to charities.
Quote: “Kinder, but less just.”
What is a sustainable food system?
Food production that protects land, air, and water for future generations while ensuring fair wages and safe working conditions.
What are the components of a sustainable food system?
Short-term aid
Capacity building
System redesign
What is the goal of capacity building in food security?
To help people gain skills and knowledge to grow, access, and manage their own food, reducing reliance on emergency aid.
What are examples of capacity-building strategies?
Sack gardens
Community kitchens
Community gardens
Gleaning programs
How does a gleaning program work?
Farmers notify Fresh Food Partners after harvest.
Participants are transported to farms to collect leftover produce at no cost.
What is food sovereignty?
An approach that treats food as a human right, addressing poverty, sustainability, and systemic issues.
What happens when food becomes a commodity?
Profit becomes the priority.
Food waste increases.
Dependence on industrial farms grows.
What are the levels of food policies?
Individual: Personal choices like avoiding bottled water.
Groups: Collective actions like eating meals together.
Businesses: Corporate social responsibility (e.g., Fair Trade, reducing packaging).
Government: Public food policies like affordable housing and school nutrition programs.
What policy changes can help improve food security?
Build affordable housing.
increase ODSP/OW rates tied to inflation.
Fund student nutrition programs.
What is the issue with Ontario’s Housing Crisis (Bill 134, 2020)?
The bill failed to provide affordable housing as defined by provincial policy.
What is the role of the IMF and World Bank in food security?
IMF: Maintains global payment systems and loans.
World Bank: Supports progress in developing countries but often requires market liberalization.
