Peoples Food Policy Project - www.peoplesfoodpolicy.ca

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The People’s Food Policy Project is a pan-Canadian network of citizens
and organizations that is creating Canada’s first food sovereignty
policy.

Thirty years ago, a group of activists created the People’s Food
Commission (PFC). The Commission toured the country, holding hearings
in 75 communities which explored how food systems affected ordinary
Canadians: farmers, fisherpeople, housewives, poor people, trade
unionists, academics, artists and others.

The People’s Food Policy project starts where the People’s Food
Commission left off. It is based in the concept of Food Sovereignty,
proposed and developed by the global peasant movement, La Via
Campesina, which seeks to place decision-making power about food
systems in the hands of the people themselves

Different teams are closely involved in the construction and evolution
of the People's Food Policy Project.

The success of this project depends on the strength and variety of
partnerships it engages in the process of building the People's Food
Policy. The People’s Food Commission won the moral and financial
support of about 120 organizations, operating at the national,
regional and local levels.

For more information visit - www.peoplesfoodpolicy.ca