The first speaker is Tabitah Martens, she introduced several important view perspective of sustainable food. I list them following.
Introduction
Food Security vs. Food Sovereignty
Food security: all people at all times have
access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active
life (World Food Summit 1996)
Needs based; no rights discourse
Does not consider how it was produced,
social relationships cultural importance.
Why food
sovereignty?
Restores power holistic (food system)
activism component reclamation of culture
Research process:
n Indigenous methodology (vs. western academic model)
n Participatory action research
n Insider vs. outsider relationships
n Community visits, interviews
n 44 interviews across 4 provinces; 23 projects represented.
Working group on
indigenous Food Sovereignty
Background
Members
represent perspectives, priorities, and critical thinking from communities of
focus
Increased
awareness of food issues affecting indigenous people
Redefining success
n Increased awareness, sharing
n Bio-regional networks
n Relevant funding opportunities
n Food sovereignty conversation
n De-colonization of food systems
n Partnerships
Discovering the food system
Major
components of a food system
1.
Food production
2.
Food processing
3.
Food distribution
4.
Food access (retail)
5.
Food consumption
6.
Food waste
Ingredients of our food system
1.
Food and health
2.
Food and justice
3.
Food and the environment
Food desert
Why study the food system
1.
Healthy individuals and
communities
2.
Social justice
3.
Earth and environmental
sustainability
4.
Whats growing in Manitoba?
1.
Traditional agriculture sector
2.
Alternative systems
Integrated systems approach
Food health environment society
Resources
Global food systems
1.
The state of food and
agriculture 2013 – united nations
2.
Feeding 9 billion – university
of Guelph
Manitoba food systems
1.
Manitoba food charter (food
matters manitoba)
2.
Northern healthy foods
initiative (government of Manitoba)
3.
Farmers market association of Manitoba
Campus food systems
1.
National student food charter
(meal exchange)
2.
UBC food systems project
3.
UManitoba campus food strategy
group
Discussion topics
1.
Individual responsibility versus
corporate responsibility
2.
Preservation versus production
3.
The role of supply and demand
4.
Regulations in our food system
5.
Genetically modified versus
organic
I find this picture from website, and shows how the field were used by
human. And it shows how people are wasting land. The land was used by people uneven. Many people were starving because they are unable get food. Also, the reason of that is not just because poverty. There are mutiple reasons why people cannot get food, such as the environment issue, government policy, and the international situation.
Here are several interesting questions about sustainable food.
Who should take responsibility?
What are some the biggest issues you
identify
Possible-recommendations/idea
What kind of behavior change could you
make?
Are you satisfy with you food system on
campus? What would you ideal food system on campus?
From my perspective, food is very important to human life. Human are searching for a very useful way to maintain food resources for all human being around the world. We should save food as soon as possible, because there are over 50% food was wasted by people.
There is a graph showed what is sustainable balance, I like the idea of it, so I paste here.
