The People's Food Policy Project

The People's Food Policy Project is developing a concrete food sovereignty policy for Canada – a policy framework that reflects our common values of health, justice and sustainability.

For more information on the People's Food Policy Project, read on, and check the PFPP website.

The People's Food Policy Project: building food sovereignty in Canada from the ground up - builds on the work of the People's Food Commission, which was held between 1977 and 1980 and which summarized hearings in 75 communities across Canada in a final report entitled, The Land of Milk and Money. The Commission revealed the structure of the food system in Canada and the plight of small-scale farming and fisheries, along with increasing impoverishment in cities and among Indigenous people.

The new PFPP is engaging the grassroots food security movement in Canada to examine the framework offered by the Food Sovereignty concept and develop the policies which are needed to create food sovereignty in Canada.  It works through local leaders, called ‘animators’, who work in their regions towards this goal, followed by broader community engagement.

The result will be a new Canadian food policy developed by the grassroots across the country, and greatly strengthened community leadership able to engage and influence policy makers at every level in support of this new food policy. The project is based on the 6 Pillars of Food Sovereignty.

Members of Food Secure Canada are invited to join the planning process through the Food Sovereignty working group.

For more information please contact us.