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Blog article
DFO outlines implementation of Indigenous fisheries
One of the most lucrative fisheries in Atlantic Canada – the elver [baby eel] fishery, which garners up to $5,000 per kilogram – was closed this past spring due to concerns about conservation and safety caused by poaching.
In a fisheries management order prohibiting the fishing of elvers issued on April...
Canada
2023
Report
Growing Common Ground: Pathways to Advance Agroecology Policy in Canada
This report shares the findings of the Agroecology Policy Research Initiative, which examines the state of agroecology policy in Canada by gathering insights from those involved in policy, research, and practice related to agriculture and food. This includes government staff, parliamentarians, lobbyists, farmers, food systems researchers, and NGO policy advocates....
Canada
2023 - Growing Common Ground
Blog article
Arrell Award Ceremony: Access Agriculture shines spotlight on farmer empowerment through local language videos
On 7 June 2022, the Access Agriculture team received the 2022 Arrell Global Food Innovation Award in the category of Community Engagement Innovation in Toronto, Canada. The team comprised Josephine Rodgers, Executive Director; Paul Van Mele, Director for International Development; and Jane Nalunga, Coordinator of the Rural Entrepreneur Programme, who...
Canada
2022 - Access Agriculture
Blog article
"When we start returning lands to Indigenous Peoples and rebuilding Indigenous economies, everybody benefits. That’s the Tea Creek vision - healthy resilient Indigenous communities and an economy based on abundant food."
Jacob Beaton and Jessica Ouellette -- Canada
When Jacob and Jessica Beaton traded suburban life for a 140-acre farm in British Columbia, they relied on YouTube videos to learn how to plant their vegetables. Four years and a global pandemic later, they’re growing thousands of kilos and leading a food-sovereignty revival in Indigenous communities on the west...
Canada
2022 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Policy brief/paper
Visions of the food systems to come: Agriculture, Eating, and Ecological Justice in 2050
This discussion paper focuses on drawing connections between the many and varied aspects of food system change that need to be undertaken in complementary ways in order to build a just, ecological, and resilient food system. It also paints a picture of a potential food system in Canada that brings...
Canada
2021 - University of Toronto
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, January 2020
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2020 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, February 2020
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2020 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, August 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, September 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, October 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, November 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, December 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Report
Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis
A Transformative Strategy for Canadian Farms and Food Systems
The farm crisis is real, as is the climate crisis. Left unchecked, the climate crisis will dramatically deepen the income crisis on Canada’s farms as farmers struggle to deal with continued warming, more intense storms, and increasingly unpredictable weather. It is clear that climate change represents a major challenge to...
Canada
2019 - National Farmers Union (NFU)
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, May 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, June 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Newsletter
TBTI Digest, July 2019
The Too Big to Ignore (TBTI) Digest contains all of the project's recent activities and outputs.
Canada
2019 - Too Big To Ignore - Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research
Practices
Agroecology research by agriculture and agri-food
In many regions of Canada, the footprint of agriculture is increasing. This often results in excessive losses of wildlife habitat and biodiversity, increases in GHG emissions and carbon losses, and degradation of water quality and soil resources. This project aims at conserving, protecting and valuing natural features, such as riparian...
Canada
2018 - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Case study
Research for AGRI Committee - A comparative analysis of global agricultural policies: lessons for the future CAP
This study provides a comparative analysis of global agricultural policies aimed at drawing lessons for the future of the CAP. Against the background of the main trends in agricultural support as well as recent changes and new initiatives in global agricultural policies, an in depth analysis is made of selected...
Australia - Canada - Japan - Switzerland - United States of America
2018
Journal article
Can Values-based Food Chains Advance Local and Sustainable Food Systems? Evidence from Case Studies of University Procurement in Canada and the UK
This article asks whether the concept of values-based food chains (VBFC) can help explain and advance processes fostering sustainability transitions in the food system of the Global North. The VBFC concept is contested in the context of the author’s research into Canadian and UK university food procurement experiences designed to...
Canada - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2017
Journal article
Values in Motion: The Local Organic Food Co-ops Network in Ontario, Canada
Values-based food chains (VBFCs) are gaining recognition as people seek alternatives to the unsustainable environmental and social outcomes of the corporate food system. One example of a VBFC can be found in the Local Organic Food Co-ops (LOFC) Network, a coalition of cooperatives that specialize in locally and sustainably produced...
Canada
2017
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