Wayne was recently interviewed by Toby A. A. Heaps from Corporate Knights Magazine regarding the link between food policy and our health care system. Please read The Killer Kernel.
RURAL-URBAN CONFLICT CENTRAL TO CONSERVATIVE EXTREMISM AND LONG DISTANCE FOOD
September 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The narrow defeat of Canadian Conservative efforts to de-register rifle ownership will produce a lingering hangover for positive political and social movements, as Conservatives gear up to foment rural-urban divisions. The urban-rural divide that emerged during the rifle registration debate has been manufactured by slick urban bluebloods as a political gift that they hope will [...]
Canadian Conservatives Scrapping of Long-Form Census Prevents Food Planning
September 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
It’s a pretty strong sign that we live in an information economy and society when the Conservative cancellation of the longform census became one of the hot button political issues of the summer season. I was stupefied when the Harper Conservatives dug in their heels, refusing to budge despite a chorus of harsh criticisms from [...]
Feast & Famine: Shifting to a Sustainable Food System
May 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Canadian International Council, Toronto Branch & The Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto present Feast Famine: Shifting to a Sustainable Food System. Featured Panelists: Professor Harriet Friedmann, Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto Rosemary McCarney, President & CEO, Plan Canada Dr. Wayne Roberts, Toronto Food Policy Council Margaret Webb, author of Apples [...]
Eating Your Pride on a Welfare Diet
April 7, 2010 By 4 Comments
(Adapted from NOW Magazine, 2000-1) When I went on a welfare diet last week, I didn’t realize just how quickly I would have to swallow my pride. At the request of Daily Bread Food Bank, about 20 politicians, journalists and policy wonks agreed to try eating on the same budget as people on social assistance. [...]
Governments Continue Tax Breaks for Junk Foods and Over-packaging
April 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Most people think of food as tax-free, but it’s not. The issue is not so much the absence of taxes on food, but the lack of purpose behind them. The general public calls such levies tax grabs. Among fans of smart public policy, they’re called dumb taxes. The federal government, with which most provinces will [...]
“If Id Known You Were Comin…” The Role of Food and Hospitality in Community Development
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
First Lady Obama Will Have Weightier Impact on Health Debates than Hubby
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama’s efforts at reforming the U.S. approach to medical care won’t win many imitators in other countries. Indeed, he’s likely to be upstaged in global health debates by First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity. Lady Obama launched a Let’s Move anti-obesity campaign on February 9, and is already catching up with [...]
Video: Interview with Wayne at Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
April 28, 2009 By 1 Comment
I was asked to speak to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in April 2009. IATP works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems and I was pleased to speak to them about local food systems and policy building. Wayne’s presentation [...]
Buycotting
April 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
On the occasion of its 40th birthday in November 2006, This Magazine asked 40 past and present contributors—and some distinguished guests—for a big idea whose time has come. This is my idea. In a knowledge economy, few people know how to make things that can actually be used. That’s why shopping has a bright future, [...]
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