Advancing Food Justice and Equity

We recently hosted Advancing Food Justice and Equity, a full-day gathering focused on taking action around issues of race and oppression in the food system and food movement. Below are some of the highlight’s from the day. Thank you to our sponsors The Sprott Foundation, Feed Opportunity, Sustain Ontario, Whole Foods Market, Artscape and UFCW Canada for helping make the day happen.

“Food justice means dismantling the forces that maintain oppression,” said Paul M. Taylor in his opening remarks. With 4 million Canadians experiencing food insecurity, the time for food justice is now.

Leslie Campbell presented “Intersections of Race and Food Insecurity.” This research collaboration between FoodShare Toronto and PROOF looked at how food insecurity disproportionately affects Black households in Canada.

Next we heard from Keynote Speaker, Karen Washington. Karen spoke about the need to challenge racism in the food movement, why food justice is important and why “food deserts” should really be called “food apartheid.”

“Putting my hands in the soil changed my life,” said Karen Washington, recognizing the lessons learned through her interactions with urban agriculture. “Why do we have hunger and poverty? Because the history of our food system is oppression.”

Sheliza Jamal delivered a workshop on examining unconscious bias. Conference attendees looked at how personal and structural biases impact belief systems and in turn organizational policies related to food insecurity and racism. Folks learned about identifying bias and developed tangible strategies to disrupt it.

Our Food Justice and Equity in Practice panel conversation included folks like Leticia Deawuo (Black Creek Community Farm), Donald Corbiere (Toronto Public Health) and Cheyenne Sundance (Sundance Harvest). The panelists focused on individuals working within their own organizations to challenge racism and oppression. They shared their experiences and discussed useful tools for embedding equity and food justice principles in their organization’s structure and operations.

Thank you to all who joined us at Advancing Food Justice and Equity! Let’s continue acknowledging uncomfortable realities, holding decision makers accountable and seeking income-based solutions to poverty.

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