Resource Category: Community

Working with Local Government on Food Policy – A toolkit for civil society

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: BC Food Systems Network
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This toolkit is a guide for those who wish to work with local government on food policy. It describes how to navigate the complexities of food policy and local government, focusing on how best to do this work – exploring what to do rather than why.

Shining a Light on Labor: How Food Policy Councils Can Support Food Chain Workers

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: John Hopkins University
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Food Safety, Health, Policy, Poverty
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This guide outlines why and how FPCs are well-positioned to advocate for food chain workers.

Healthy Built Environment Linkages Toolkit

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: BC Centre for Disease Control
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

Describes how population health is influenced by the design of our neighbourhoods, housing, transportation systems, natural environments, and food systems.

Food Deserts and Food Swamps: A Primer

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
• Category: Community
• Type: Basic concepts

A primer on how our food environments, which include the food that is available to us in our day-to-day environments, is a determinant of what we eat as individuals.

Wild Salmon Caravan 2018: Honouring our Matriarchs

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
• Category: Community, Environment, Health, Indigenous food sovereignty, Remote, Seafood
• Format: Video
• Type: Video

Video highlighting the 2018 Wild Salmon Caravan

Household Food Insecurity in Canada

• Year Published: 2017
• Source: PROOF
• Category: Community, Health, Household food insecurity, Income, Policy, Poverty
• Format: Website/page
• Type: Summary

Summary of research on household food insecurity in Canada.