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In the 1950s, Vancouver Island farmers were responsible for 85 per cent of the region’s food supply, according to the Capital Region Food and Agricultural Initiatives Roundtable. But by the early aughts, food imports had increased to 85 per cent. City councillors in Victoria, B.C. passed a motion early April...

The collection and sharing of concrete information is necessary and important. Canada has established a network of food communities to share concrete information on municipal, community and regional responses to COVID-19 (with ongoing sharing on strengthening the food system in cities, communities and regions currently funded for at least three...

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future’s Food Policy Networks project has compiled a list of resources, models/examples, funding, and other shared practices in COVID-19 response useful for food policy councils and other groups working at the local and state level. The resources focus on: 1_FPCs’ roles of convening, collaborating...

Unity College shifted a large portion of their meat purchases to local meat products in order to support local Maine farms and the college’s commitment to sustainability, as well as to promote increased transparency around food safety and origin. When compared to conventional meat products offered by some distributors, it...

The disruption to food systems from COVID-19 highlights the need to reconnect local production and consumption. City regions food system is part of a multi-level response. Key insights from various city regions all over the world (Antananarivo/Madagascar - Nairobi/Kenya - Kitwe/Zambia - Toronto/Canada - Quito/Ecuador - Melbourne/Australia).