Driving from Toronto to Halifax last week to help move my daughter Anika into King’s College, I had a lot of quiet time to rehearse a rant against a recent flurry of attacks against local food systems by right-wing extremists across North America. I was pretty happy with some of my vitriolic lines until we got to the university residence…
Month: September 2010
The new edition of the “No-Nonsense Guide to World Food” has arrived!
Wayne’s new book is here!! Wayne Roberts has been hard at work updating his 2008 publication “The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food” To get your copy of the book please visit this site! “Couldn’t be more timely, especially given the great deal of rubbish being served to a public hungry for answers about their food … a powerful book.” — Raj Patel,…
Canadian Conservatives Scrapping of Long-Form Census Prevents Food Planning
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 senior planners, civil servants and…
Labor Day Lesson: Coalition of Immokalee Workers Turn Tables For Migrant Workers
With Labor Day just a few weeks away and badly in need of an event to celebrate, an historic agreement was signed on August 24. Written in legalese, the statement commits Sodexo, a gigantic global food service company employing some 500,000 workers to partner with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a tiny organization of some 4000 members, to respond…