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> Be a Founding Member of Food Secure Canada

> Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:12:33 -0400

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> FYI...

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> Be a Founding Member of Food Secure Canada

>

> (French version will be available soon) Please see

> http://www.ryerson.ca/~foodsec/fsc_proposal.html for

> a copy.

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> A new Canadian organization has emerged to unite

> people and organizations working for food security

> nationally and globally. The first formal meeting of

> Food Secure Canada (FSC) takes place in Waterloo as

> part of the National Food Security Conference, Sept.

> 30 - Oct. 2, 2005. To set the organization's plan

> of work, and to be considered for the Steering

> Committee, you have to be a member. FSC needs

> members from many sectors to be effective, including

> housing, health, social policy, transportation,

> agriculture, education, and community, cultural, and

> charitable groups, and businesses.

>

> FSC works to ensure that the following

> interconnected goals are achieved:

> (1) Zero Hunger: All people at all times must be

> able to acquire, in a dignified manner, adequate

> quantity and quality of culturally and personally

> acceptable food.

> (2) A sustainable food system (including the fishery

> and other wild foods): Food in Canada must be

> harvested, produced, processed, distributed and

> consumed in a manner which maintains and enhances

> the quality of land, air and water for future

> generations, and in which people are able to earn a

> living wage in a safe and healthy working

> environment by harvesting, growing, producing,

> processing, handling, retailing and serving food.

> (3) Healthy and safe food: Nourishing foods must be

> readily at hand (and less nourishing ones

> restricted); food (including wild foods) must not be

> contaminated with pathogens or industrial chemicals;

> and no novel food can be allowed to enter the

> environment or food chain without rigorous

> independent testing and the existence of an on-going

> tracking and surveillance system, to ensure its

> safety for human consumption.

>

> FSC begins life as an unincorporated and

> unregistered non-profit alliance of organizations

> and unaffiliated individuals. It works for its

> members, facilitating collaborative activities by

> members to advance food security. FSC only has a

> distinct voice when its members so decide through

> formal approval mechanisms. Projects emerge from

> the members and, once agreement in principle has

> been reached, are advanced by FSC with the

> involvement of those members participating in the

> initiative.

>

> Categories of FSC membership and dues:

> Organizational members (with appointed individual) -

> must be a non-governmental organization wholly or

> partly involved in food security work or research on

> a not-for-profit basis. Community roundtables that

> are attached to government for administrative

> purposes may be organizational members. An

> organizational member identifies an individual who

> participates in FSC and carries the organization's

> vote.

>

> Budget over $100,000

> $250/year

> Budget under $100,000 with permanent staff

> $100/year

> Budget under $100,000 with no permanent staff

> $50/year

>

> Unaffiliated individual members - people with an

> interest in food security who are not affiliated

> with an organization are eligible to join and have

> voting privileges.

> Waged

> $25

> Unwaged

> $10

>

> Associates - organizations or individuals that work

> in other fields, government units, or profit-making

> bodies may be associate members without voting

> privileges or membership on the steering committee.

> Associates

> $40

>

> We look forward to your participation in Food Secure

> Canada!

>

> Drafting Committee:

> Herb Barbolet, Vancouver, BC

> Marjorie Bencz, Edmonton Gleaners' Association,

> Edmonton, AB

> Cathy Campbell, St.Matthew's Anglican Church,

> Winnipeg, MB

> Stuart Clark, Winnipeg, MB

> Ellen Desjardins, Waterloo Region Public Health,

> Waterloo, ON

> Debbie Field, FoodShare, Toronto, ON

> Micky Fraterman, Canadian Association of Food Banks,

> Toronto, ON

> Jean-François Henry, Union des Consommateurs,

> Montréal, QC

> Cathleen Kneen, BC Food Systems Network, Sorrento,

> BC

> Mustafa Koc, Dept. of Sociology, Ryerson University,

> Toronto, ON

> Don Kossick, Saskatoon Food Coalition, Saskatchewan,

> SK

> James Kuhns, Daily Bread Food Bank, Toronto, ON

> Jean-Charles Le Vallée, Development Gateway

> Foundation, QC

> Kenton Lobe, Manitoba Food Charter, Winnipeg, MB

> Rod MacRae, Ryerson Centre for Studies in Food

> Security, Toronto, ON

> Heidi Magnuson-Ford, Winnipeg Harvest, Winnipeg, MB

> David Northcott, Winnipeg, MB

> Nancy Pole, Regroupement des cuisines collectives du

> Québec, Montréal, QC

> Darrin Qualman, National Farmers' Union, Saskatoon,

> SK

> Melba Rabinowitz, Food Security Network of

> Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, NF

> Wayne Roberts, Toronto Food Policy Council,

> Nick Saul, The Stop Community Food Centre, Toronto,

> ON

> Cliff Stainsby, BC Government and Service Employees'

> Union (BCGEU), Victoria, BC

> Mary Swendson, Health Coordinator, Moricetown Band

> Council, BC

> Pierre Verreault, Canadian Council of Professional

> Fish Harvesters

>

> WHO WE ARE: This e-mail service shares information

> to help more people discuss crucial policy issues

> affecting global food security. The service is

> managed by Amber McNair of the University of Toronto

> in partnership with the Centre for Urban Health

> Initiatives (CUHI) and Wayne Roberts of the Toronto

> Food Policy Council, in partnership with the

> Community Food Security Coalition, World Hunger

> Year, and International Partners for Sustainable

> Agriculture.

> Please help by sending information or names and

> e-mail addresses of co-workers who'd like to receive

> this service, to foodnews

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