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Cheap Food as Charity? Shaky Foundations?

April 20, 2009 By Sunny Lam Leave a Comment

Sunny gives a video summary of the first 2 panels (low income food access and locally sustainable food supply) at the Ontario’s Test Kitchen Conference.

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“Ontario’s Test Kitchen’s Conference will highlight the best and creative solutions coming around the counter on fixing our broken food system. It’ll take place from April 19-20, 2009 at the Artscape Wychwood Barns (601 Christie Street, Toronto).”

Panel 1: The Future of Food Access for Low-Income People in Ontario
Debbie Field, Executive Director,
FoodShare Toronto
Gail Nyberg, Executive Director, Daily Bread Food Bank
Janet Poppendieck, Dept. of Sociology, Hunter College
Nick Saul, Executive Director, The Stop Community Food Centre
Adam Spence, Executive Director, Ontario Association of Food Banks

Panel 2: Growing Supply and Demand for Local Sustainable Food
Bryan Gilvesy
Norfolk ALUS Pilot
Chris Lowry, Network Director, Green Enterprise Toronto (GET)
Lori Stahlbrand, President, Local Food Plus

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http://sunnylam.net/SLA/ Sunny Lam

Too bad I didn’t give enough time to Chris Lowry. So here’s an interesting fact from him: when Green Enterprise Toronto (http://greenenterprise.net/) did their feasibility study they found that 1 in 4 of entrepreneurs were in the food field.

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