Resources & Research

On this page you will find a list of resources and research that have been shared on our website, in order of the date they have been posted.

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Toronto Youth Food Policy Journal

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The Toronto Youth Food Policy Council introduces its journal Gathering - a place where youth ideas about food systems and food policy meet. Gathering aims to bring together a progressive youth vision and voice in the food system. Our objective is to create an accessible academic journal of research, concepts, case studies and arguement and to help youth be recognized for their contribution to sustainable food system research.

Food Literacy
Right to Food
Food Systems

Toward Food System Sustainability through School Food System Change: Think&EatGreen@School and the Making of a Community-University Research Alliance

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This paper describes the theoretical and conceptual framework and the research and practice model of Think&EatGreen@School, a community-based action research project aiming to foster food citizenship in the City of Vancouver and to develop a model of sustainable institutional food systems in public schools.

Food Literacy
Food Sovereignty
Food Systems

Sustainable Food Purchasing Guide

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This guide was created to help institutions and individuals who want to do the right thing. It strives to eliminate the confusion that can come with new purchasing practices and sets a framework so you can purchase food that is good for you, your customers, the community, and the land.

Water and Fisheries
Agriculture
Food Systems

BC Agriculture: Climate Change Adaptation, Risk + Opportunity Assessment

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The 2012 report entitled BC Agriculture: Climate Change Adaptation, Risk + Opportunity Assessment provides a high level overview of the implications of climate chang for the BC agriculture sector, including the key areas of risk and opportunity and the factors that will influence the industry's ability to adapte and thrive. It will provide a baseline assessment of the potential impacts of climate change across the province for the agriculture sector.

Agriculture
Regional and Local
Food Systems

Big Farms, Small Farms: Strategies in Sustainable Agriculture to Fit All Sizes

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Written by Hugh Maynard and Jacques Nault, Big Farms, Small Farms explores and and proposes strategies for establishing and supporting sustainable agriculture for all scales of farming in Canada.  The report focuses on three major elements, information, planning and resources, with the aim of identifying practical program and policy strategies to support sustainable agriculture in Canada. Published by the Agriculture Institute of Canada.

Safety and Environment
Agriculture
Food Systems

2013 Overview of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food System

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A biennial report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the 2013 report provides an economic overview of the Canadian agriculture and agri-food system with the latest comprehensive annual data from 2011.

Agriculture
Food Systems
Economics

Sustainable Campus Database

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The Sierra Youth Coakutuib has developed a web-based database for 

Food Literacy
Food Systems

Realizing justice in local food systems

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Patricia Allen of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at the University of California explores the potential for equity within food-system localization in practical and conceptual terms. 

Right to Food
Regional and Local
Food Systems

Campus Food Systems Project

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The Campus Food Systems Project is building the student food movement to support just, connected and sustainable food systems on campuses and across the country. This website provides updates and resources on everything in the student food realm.

Food Literacy
Regional and Local
Food Systems

In Every Community A Place For Food: The Role of the Community Food Centre in Building a Local, Sustainable, and Just Food System

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The paper lays out the principles that animate The Stop’s programs and that have supported its expansion. The authors propose a three-year plan moving toward replication, including a joint private-public funding strategy, a pilot phase,and the development of an umbrella organization to help resource and oversee the founding of a network of community food centres across Ontario.

Food Literacy
Right to Food
Food Sovereignty