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Archive for March, 2009

Mar 20, 2009

…But What’s the Real Threat?

New warnings about “a perfect storm” in the global food system see a soaring demand for food and rising prices around the world. But University of Toronto food security lecturer Julie Lee says Western demands for products like

cocoa and coffee from countries in the global South are to blame. In a recent article from CBC news, Lee argues that demand for those exports is getting in the way of the local food production that is crucial to global food security.Read the full article… Read More ...

Mar 18, 2009

Pathways to Resilience

We invite you to take a closer look at how support for small scale farming can lead to food justice. Pathways to Resilience is the result of our efforts to collectively examine how the work of our partners in the South might inform Canada’s response to the Global Food Crisis in a way that acknowledges the central role of smallholder agriculture and its long-term sustainability and resilience.
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Mar 12, 2009

Preserving the Genetic Basis of Tomorrow’s Food

The Australian organization Seed Savers has just released Our Seeds, a film that celebrates traditional food plants and the people that grow them. The film addresses many of the issues that USC Canada’s deals with in our own work with farmers throughout Africa, Asia, and latin America. View a short trailer on YouTube, and find out more about film. Read More ...

Mar 6, 2009

Happy Soils and Happy Farmers

Rebuilding the conditions for sustainable food production absolutely requires an approach that values the role of the family farms at the heart of our food system. Get USC’s take on the issue in a response by our Executive Director, Susan Walsh, published last week in Canada’s Globe & Mail.

You can read Walsh’s full article here. And read the article that prompted this response. Read More ...

Mar 4, 2009

Is Something Significant Happening?

Last week, we noted three major agricultural announcements that were, at first glance, disconnected. But they all seem to be pointing to a growing school of thought around food, farming, and the future.

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