Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of Canadaโs food system in a way that we could not have imagined. This means many people experiencing food insecurity for the first time and others struggling more than ever to find the food that we all have a right to.
Even before this crisis, nearly 1 in 8 households was food insecure. This means over 4 million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, living in homes that were already struggling to put food on the table. This is really hard to digest given that the amount of food we waste every year would feed every person living in Canada for almost 5 months.
Each year, 58% of all food produced in Canada is lost or wasted. If this were a country it would be the third largest emitter behind China and the United States. Our global food system accounts for as much as 37% of greenhouse gas emissions. The heart of this problem? Excessive meat consumption, rampant food waste and unequal access to healthy food.
This conversation will present perspectives from the frontlines of Canadaโs food system - urban farmers, migrant workers and food couriers. We will discuss the ways in which the current crisis has exposed underlying inequalities and how we might take this moment to build a more fair, resilient and ecological food system together. One that is able to see us through this pandemic and to handle the future climate challenges to come. One that works for both people AND planet.
We are delighted to be joined by very special musical guest LAL who will be performing a new track from their latest LP to conclude our discussion!
๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Host: Yasmeen, Nature and Food Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada
Panelists:
Syed Hussan, Executive Director, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
Cheyenne Sundance, Founder and Farmer, Sundance Harvest Farm
Carolynne Crawley, Indigenous Food Sovereignty Advocate and Filmmaker
Musical Guest: LAL, Electronic Music Duo
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ is a Greenpeace Canada Nature and Food campaigner based in Toronto.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ is the Executive Director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, and a member of the Migrant Rights Network. He's an anti-racist, migrant justice organizer who supports Indigenous sovereignty. He has worked with No One Is Illegal, the End Immigration Detention Network and Sanctuary City Movement.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ likes growing food because of the independence it brings her and her community. She is a self-taught farmer out of necessity due to the lack of anti-oppressive and food justice farm orientated schools in Ontario. Cheyenne is a food and community justice advocate. She has extensive skills in workshop facilitation from students to board members. Cheyenne has a past time of playing tic-tac-toe with chickens.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is a Mi'kmaw woman with mixed ancestry from the EastCoast. She is dedicated to social and environmental justice and supporting Indigenous led community work related to food sovereignty and food security. She has worked with one of Canadaโs largest food security organizations for the past decade as the Indigenous Food Access Manager, increasing access to affordable and healthy foods, developing a cross cultural youth program focusing upon theIndigenous way of being in relationship with land, and organizing a province-wide Indigenous Food Sovereignty Gathering. She has also built school food gardens, created and facilitated curriculum - linked food literacy programs for both students and teachers. Carolynne is passionate about connecting people with the land, themselves, and with each other.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, the Toronto-based protest electronic duo that has built a career out of daring audiences to be their best selves, loudly. Coming from the worlds of hip hop, punk and experimental music, LAL blends those influences into the smoothest, richest shake that will enliven the mind, body and soul. Their beats and melodies can charm the most cynical club head, softening them up so that the lyrics of anger, sadness and possibility can worm their way deep inside. Their newest album DARK BEINGS was long-listed for the 2019 Polaris Music prize and they spend much of their time supporting independent QTBIPOC/ friends through their DIT community space Unit 2. Nic and Roe currently live in Toronto, which is the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenni-lenape and the Wendat Nations.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://act.gp/2YdTjQL
The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of Canadaโs food system in a way that we could not have imagined. This means many people experiencing food insecurity for the first time and others struggling more than ever to find the food that we all have a right to.
Even before this crisis, nearly 1 in 8 households was food insecure. This means over 4 million Canadians, including 1.15 million children, living in homes that were already struggling to put food on the table. This is really hard to digest given that the amount of food we waste every year would feed every person living in Canada for almost 5 months.
Each year, 58% of all food produced in Canada is lost or wasted. If this were a country it would be the third largest emitter behind China and the United States. Our global food system accounts for as much as 37% of greenhouse gas emissions. The heart of this problem? Excessive meat consumption, rampant food waste and unequal access to healthy food.
This conversation will present perspectives from the frontlines of Canadaโs food system - urban farmers, migrant workers and food couriers. We will discuss the ways in which the current crisis has exposed underlying inequalities and how we might take this moment to build a more fair, resilient and ecological food system together. One that is able to see us through this pandemic and to handle the future climate challenges to come. One that works for both people AND planet.
We are delighted to be joined by very special musical guest LAL who will be performing a new track from their latest LP to conclude our discussion!
๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Host: Yasmeen, Nature and Food Campaigner, Greenpeace Canada
Panelists:
Syed Hussan, Executive Director, Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
Cheyenne Sundance, Founder and Farmer, Sundance Harvest Farm
Carolynne Crawley, Indigenous Food Sovereignty Advocate and Filmmaker
Musical Guest: LAL, Electronic Music Duo
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ is a Greenpeace Canada Nature and Food campaigner based in Toronto.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ is the Executive Director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, and a member of the Migrant Rights Network. He's an anti-racist, migrant justice organizer who supports Indigenous sovereignty. He has worked with No One Is Illegal, the End Immigration Detention Network and Sanctuary City Movement.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ likes growing food because of the independence it brings her and her community. She is a self-taught farmer out of necessity due to the lack of anti-oppressive and food justice farm orientated schools in Ontario. Cheyenne is a food and community justice advocate. She has extensive skills in workshop facilitation from students to board members. Cheyenne has a past time of playing tic-tac-toe with chickens.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ is a Mi'kmaw woman with mixed ancestry from the EastCoast. She is dedicated to social and environmental justice and supporting Indigenous led community work related to food sovereignty and food security. She has worked with one of Canadaโs largest food security organizations for the past decade as the Indigenous Food Access Manager, increasing access to affordable and healthy foods, developing a cross cultural youth program focusing upon theIndigenous way of being in relationship with land, and organizing a province-wide Indigenous Food Sovereignty Gathering. She has also built school food gardens, created and facilitated curriculum - linked food literacy programs for both students and teachers. Carolynne is passionate about connecting people with the land, themselves, and with each other.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, the Toronto-based protest electronic duo that has built a career out of daring audiences to be their best selves, loudly. Coming from the worlds of hip hop, punk and experimental music, LAL blends those influences into the smoothest, richest shake that will enliven the mind, body and soul. Their beats and melodies can charm the most cynical club head, softening them up so that the lyrics of anger, sadness and possibility can worm their way deep inside. Their newest album DARK BEINGS was long-listed for the 2019 Polaris Music prize and they spend much of their time supporting independent QTBIPOC/ friends through their DIT community space Unit 2. Nic and Roe currently live in Toronto, which is the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenni-lenape and the Wendat Nations.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://act.gp/2YdTjQL
