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*This blog post is part of a series profiling various communities, individuals and organizations who have been using the People’s Food Policy in their amazing work*

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by Steffanie Scott (Director of the local economic development program at the University of Waterloo and Vice-President of the Canadian Association for Food Studies)

Who’s setting the table for the food that Canadians are eating? And who should be involved in establishing a national food strategy for Canadians?

Between 2008 and 2011, over 3500 Canadians participated in ‘kitchen table talks’, a process that culminated in the publication of Resetting the Table: A People's Food Policy for Canada. The report was coordinated by Food Secure Canada, a national network of people and organizations mobilized around three priorities: zero hunger, healthy and safe food, and sustainable food production and distribution systems.

In stark distinction to this grassroots process, and to these priorities, this past week in Toronto the Conference Board of Canada hosted a food industry-sponsored Canadian Food Summit 2012, and the Conference Board is purporting to be leading a process to create a Canadian Food Strategy.

Patrick Kerans, a leader in the food movement and a key writer for the People's Food Policy, has just published a book entitled A Pessimist's Hope: Food and the Ecological Crisis. He writes:

Up Here, September 2011- by Margo Pfeif

By Charles Levkoe,  Briarpatch magazine - September 1, 2011 

Science Daily- September 1st, 2011

The Fondation du Barreau recently released a guide on food labelling.