Lecture 7 Flashcards
What is Londons food charter and food policy council?
Every person from the food system is there to decide on the charter
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Vision you want to see in the community an the shared visions of what you want the community to look like in terms of food consumption
How did London start the food policy council?
London youth network but they don’t like that cause the charter would get lost. They wanted a food policy council to keep it relevant. Council needs to be dedicated to that focus so it doesn’t get lost
What are the goals of the London food policy council?
- Provide a forum for discussing local food issues
- Empower citizens to be involved in foo system decisions
- Fostere coordination between sectors in the food system
- Create, evaluate and influence policy
- Support programs and services that address local needs
What is a community food assessment?
Identified strengths and assets in the region, priorities for action, and opportunities for food system change
What are the priorities of a community food assessment?
Food waste reduction
Food literacy
Food processing and distribution
Small scan agriculture production
What is the urban agriculture strategy?
Growing -urban farms Processing -Community kitchens Distribution -Farmers market Food loss and recovery -Food waste reduction Education and connection -Food hubs
What is Ontarios F&N strategy?
- Healthy food Access
- Food Literacy & Skills
- Healthy Food systems (the bigger picture)
What is the overall goal of Ontarios F&N strategy?
Whole system approach to improve health and well being of ontarians and support our food systems
How do we address healthy food access?
Increase:
- individual and household food security
- use of healthy, local food by public sector organizations
Decrease:
-access to high calorie, low nutrient F&B and snacks
How do we address food literacy and skills ?
Increase:
- healthy eating knowledge, skills, capacity
- Access to public information about healthy eating through retailers and food services
- Availability of professional nutrition service
- Services for at risk populations
Decrease:
Advertisement of unhealthy F&B
What are some examples of healthy food systems?
Food production and economic development
-increse recruitment and skill building to expand workforce and protection for farm and food workers
Food systems excellence and innovation
Increase demand and preference for Ontario food in all markets and innovative financing
Environmental protection
- increase recognition of ecosystem goods and services
- decrease food waste
How do we use the NFB to fight against social assistance?
Tool calculates a standardized basket of foods that meets recommendations and reflects average Canadian food purchases
Proves that social assistance isn’t enough to support a NFB
Why are recommendations useless when houses lack…?
When households do not have enough money two buy groceries
How should we frame FI as a problem?
As a problem of income inadequacy with income as the solution
What can NFB costing be used to?
Educate about cost of food and housing relative to social assistance rates and minimum wage
Help community organizations build capacity for health equity advocacy
Support boards of health to write advocacy letters to provincial ministries
What is Canadas food price report?
See an increase in:
- Vegetable prices
- Cost of restaurant food
- 3.5% (overall food prices)
Decrease:
-Cost of meat and seafood
What were the major topics for Canadas food price report for 2019?
- Trade uncertainty with USA
- Global agriculture highy vulnerable to severe weather patterns
- Cannabis and related food products
- New food guide
- Increase interest in plant based proteins
What are some of the drivers of food prices?
Increase
- Climate (extreme weather)
- Geopolitical risk (USA)
- Input costs (Price of fuel)
- Inflation
Decrease
- Food retail and distribution (sweeping tighter from farmers)
- Policy contacts (tariffs)
For the global food supply, what are the main crops and where do we get them?
wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans
-USA, Brazil and Black Sea ports
What are chokepoints and how many are there?
14 critical locations that keep global food supply flowing
-if they are blocked can cause problems and disruption
What happens when disruption in chokepoints occurs during harvest?
There is a crisis
What has china done?
Reduced risk by building a railway across South America and by owning maritime ports around the world