A week from today, a group called the Food Policy Council of Calgary will be meeting at O Restaurant (2018-33 Ave SW) on Tuesday March 10 at 7:00pm. All are welcome, apparently, and I am going to do my best to make it out there this time. The concept looks rather promising, and hopefully it will be an opportunity for like-minded folks to get together and turn Calgary’s Orwellian food situation around. That’s right. I said Orwellian.
From their website:
Towards a just and sustainable food system for Calgary
CFPC advises on food system matters. CFPC mandate is to work with community groups to help solve the hunger problem, work with food companies to foster more nutritious products and services, and work with farmers to develop environmentally and socially sustainable growing systems.
What is a Food Policy Council?
Food Policy Councils (FPCs) are comprised of individuals from all aspects of a local food system. They are often officially sanctioned through a government action such as a City Council motion or they can ALSO be a grassroots effort. A Food Policy Council is an innovative collaboration between citizens and government officials. The goal is to provide a forum for advocacy and policy development that works towards the creation of a food system that is ecologically sustainable, economically viable and socially just. The primary goal of many Food Policy Councils is to examine the operation of a local food system and provide ideas and policy recommendations for how it can be improved.
They are also on Facebook. I don’t use Facebook, so I have no idea how that works.
Photo of the Inglewood Community Garden courtesy ItzaFineDay with a CC license.
