Jan.22--Food!!

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.