by Cathleen Kneen, former Chair of Food Secure Canada
On January 13th I attended a meeting in Ottawa on the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (the RAI), an agreement proposed through the Committee on World Food Security (CSM) of the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Aside from nostalgia – I loved Alphaghetti as a child – why was I there and what did Food Secure Canada get out of it?