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Every Bite Counts: Climate Justice and BC’s Food System

Marc LeeSenior EconomistCo-Director, Climate Justice Project

Presentation to Food For All conferenceOctober 2011

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Climate Justice and BC’s Food System

• Adaptation and Self-Reliance- Nourishing local food systems- Delinking from globalized, corporate industrial

• Mitigation and Sustainability- Organic and biodynamic food- Reducing food miles

• Food Democracy and Fairness- Taking hunger off the table- Integrating food, housing and health

Adaptation and Food Self-Reliance

• Climate impacts and rising transportation costs mean we cannot rely on importing half our food

• Shift from 50% to 80% self-reliance by 2030

• Protect and expand the Agricultural Land Reserve

• Connect farmers with schools, hospitals, and other institutions

• Half of production is “lost” at some point.

BC food production

Supporting Farmers and Farmworkers

• BC has lots of small, family farms, but food chain controlled by large corporations

• Supply management systems deliver higher prices, matched to local demand

• Cooperatives can help gain economies of scale

• Migrants and other farmworkers need better wages and working conditions

Climate impacts of BC’s food production

Food types and GHG emissions (Env’l WG 2011)

Mitigation and Sustainability

• Phase out fossil fuels on farm and from transportation

• Mainstream sustainable agriculture practices

• Shift from chemical fertilizers

• Integrated farms• Organic production still

small but growing• Shifts in diet away from

red meat

Food Democracy and Fairness

• What is food democracy? “Ensure that all have access to affordable, decent,

health-enhancing food” and “decency and social justice in the food system’s wages, working conditions and internal equity” (Tim Lang)

• Will more localized and sustainable food worsen inequities in access to food?- About 8% of BC households experience food

insecurity at some point over a year- Dieticians: low income people cannot afford healthy

food- Food banks are the front line

Taking hunger off the table

• Improving access to food with dignity- Support living wage ($18.81 per hour in Metro

Vancouver) and link increases to food prices- Complementary anti-poverty policies include

affordable housing, child care and other public services

• Link food, housing and health policies- Food insecurity –> poor health outcomes- Housing costs less than criminal justice, health care

and social services- Investments in social housing should include food

programs with a range of options (cafeterias, delivery, community kitchens)

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