SPEAKING OF WAYNE…..SPEAKING OF FOOD….
Wayne Roberts is Canada’s best-known speaker and writer on issues connecting food to health, the environment, job creation and community development.
He speaks on a wide variety of topics to a wide range of audiences, and is frequently invited to keynote meetings of academics, city planners, health professionals, farmers and community economic developers.
Wayne is known for being funny, empowering, practical and cutting edge – all in the same speech.
Wayne shapes all his talks to meet the needs of particular groups, but here are the topics he’s best known for:
Why the Hubbub About Foods Hubs: Keys To 21st Century Social Technology
Will Work for Food: Explore the Wide Open World of Fulfilling Food Careers
Why Local and Sustainable Food is the Big Issue of the Decade
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Food Organizers
Why Food Policy Councils Win Friends and Influence Food Policy
Can We Feed the World with Local and Sustainable Food?
How Food Strategy Creates Cities Most Likely to Succeed
Eating Your Words: How to Talk like a Foodie who Knows What They’re Talking About
Wayne speaks internationally on food, jobs, health and environment.
Wayne has given about 500 talks over the past decade. In alphabetical order, here’s a shortlist of places
he’s been to and groups that have hosted him.
Atlanta, invited by Community Food Security Coalition
Baltimore, invited by city planners and Johns Hopkins Centre for a Livable Future
Bristol, England, invited by City Council
Boston, invited by Community Food Security Coalition
Calgary, Alberta, invited by Arusha Centre
Cardiff, Wales, invited by Cardiff University
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, invited by CanAdapt
Chennai, India, invited by University of Madras
Chicago, invited by International Association of Clinical Nutritionists
Cleveland, Ohio, invited by Case State University
Cornerbrook, Newfoundland, invited by Memorial University
Cornwall, Ontario, invited by Eco Farm Day Conference
Detroit, invited by City Council and Wayne State University
Dublin, Ireland, invited by Feasta
Edmonton, Alberta, invited by University of Alberta Hospital
Ganges, Salt Spring Island, invited by Island Council
Guelph, invited by Transition Guelph and Guelph Organic Conference
Hamilton, invited by McMaster University and Slow Food Hamilton
Ithaca, New York, invited by Cornell University
Kingston, Ontario, invited by Food down the Road, Queen’s University
London, Ontario, invited by Ontario Public Health Association
London, England, invited by City University of London
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, invited by Food Secure Saskatchewan
Milwaukee, invited by Community Food Security Coalition
Minneapolis, invited by American Planning Association, Institute for Agricultural Trade and Policy
Montreal, invited by Montreal Public Health, Montreal Community Foundation
New Orleans, invited by Community Food Security Coalition
New York, New York, invited by Earth Day New York
Oaxaca, Mexico, invited by Universidad de la Tierra
Ottawa, invited by Canadian Association of Food Studies, Unitarian Service Committee
Penn State, Pennsylvania, invited by Association for the Study of Food and Society
Philadelphia, invited by University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Portland, Oregon, invited by Community Food Security Coalition
Quebec City, invited by Sante Publique de Quebec
Red Deer, Alberta, invited by Pathways to Sustainability
Santa Cruz, invited by center for Agro Ecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, invited by Child Hunger and Education Program
Seattle, invited by Seattle Acting Food Policy Council
Seoul, Korea, invited by Agenda 21
Smithers, British Columbia, invited by Northern Health
St John’s, Newfoundland, invited by Canadian Organic Growers
Sudbury, Ontario, invited by Sudbury Social Planning Council
Toledo, Ohio, invited by Toledo Grows
Toronto, invited by Canadian Public Health Association, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine,
Premier’s Summit on Agricultural Innovation
Vancouver, invited by Farm Folk, City Folk, Vancouver Social Planning Department
Victoria, British Columbia, invited by International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements
Waterloo, Ontario, invited by Canadian Association of Food Studies, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Winnipeg, invite by City planning department, Food Matters Manitoba
Yellowknife, North West Territories, invited by Territorial Farmers Association