The Politics of Food
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
7:00 – 7:30 p.m. Displays in Lobby     ~   Panel Discussion 7:30 –  
9:30 p.m.

At the newly renovated St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts!
27 Front St E, Toronto (2 blocks east of Union Station)
Free Admission
Download printable flyer:  http://forum.stlc.com/flyer/Food07.pdf

The idea that our global food system needs to be changed is taking  
hold in a very local way. Farmers are protesting high costs and low  
prices, health conscious restaurants are increasingly popular, some  
supermarkets are displaying local produce, lean and additive free  
meat and organic produce is being sold in outdoor markets, people  
from all cultures are planting gardens, and citizens are demanding  
more from their governments and agri-corporations to protect the  
environment and human health.
Many of us, though, can't avoid the quick fix of convenience foods  
and the high calorie, low nutrition diet of food court fare. French  
fries are the number one vegetable consumed in Canada at an average  
of 115 lbs per person a year! If we know that fruits, vegetables,  
whole grains, and less meat are what our bodies need for basic good  
health, why are we not all eating better? And what about our  
children? We can encourage good habits at home but how do we compete  
with the mass marketing of junk food messages?
with
California based Michele Simon, author of Appetite for Profit: How  
the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back.
Bill Jeffery, LLB, National Coordinator of the Centre for Science in  
the Public Interest, a health advocacy group focussing on nutrition  
and food safety which also publishes Nutrition Action Healthletter.
Patrick Habamenshi, development economist of FarmStart an  
organization that integrates new Canadian farmers, and a former  
Minister of Agriculture for Rwanda.
Elbert van Donkersgoed, Executive Director of the Greater Toronto  
Area Agricultural Action Committee which is a partnership of  
municipal, farm and diverse agencies in the food chain focused on a  
vibrant farm sector in the GTA.
Moderator: Mary Ito, Host of Living in Toronto, CBC Television.

First line of questioners including FoodShare, Scadding Court  
Community Centre, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, The Stop  
Community Food Centre, Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, Jeffrey  
Alford an award-winning cookbook author and Mary Luz Mejia a  
freelance food writer.

Capacity 500. First come, first seated. 416 366-1656. Join our elist:  
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Organized by the St. Lawrence Centre FORUM and Toronto Public Health

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