Resource Category: Local Government

Food Security in a Pandemic

• Year Published: 2009
• Source: Pan American Health Organization
• Category: Covid 19, Health, Local Government
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

This tool provides an introduction to staff and volunteers about the key ways in which a pandemic may cause severe hunger and nutrition problems in municipalities and offers suggestions for what local leaders can do to reduce potential food security problems.

2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum Proceedings

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: Northwest BC Food Action Network
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Remote
• Type: Website

Database of proceedings from the 2019 Northwest BC Food Security Forum including report, videos, photos, and presentations.

Better Together: Food Security Forum 2018 Post-Conference Report

• Source: Northwest BC Food Action Network
• Category: Health, Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Remote
• Format: Document
• Type: Report/synthesis

Summary report of the 2018 “Better Together: Northwest Food Security Forum”.

Approaching Municipalities to Share Knowledge: Advice From Municipal Civil Servants to Public Health Actors

• Year Published: 2019
• Source: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
• Category: Health, Local Government, Policy
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

Guide for public health actors on how to share information with civil servants.

Civil Society and Social Movements in Food System Governance

• Year Published: 2018
• Source: Routledge
• Category: Agriculture, Community, Environment, Health, Household food insecurity, Income, Indigenous food sovereignty, Local Government, Policy, Poverty, Remote, Seafood
• Type: Book

This book offers insights into the governance of contemporary food systems and their ongoing transformation by social movements.

Healthy Eating & Food Security

• Year Published: 2013
• Source: PlanH
• Category: Household food insecurity, Local Government, Policy, Procurement, School
• Format: Document
• Type: Guide/toolkit

Guide for local government best practices in supporting healthy eating and food security.