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Growing �Common �Ground

FOOD SECURE CANADA

Faris Ahmed

February 2024

farisahm8@gmail.com

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1. State of Agroecology Policy

2. Levers & Pathways

3. An Agenda for Transformation

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State of Agroecology Policy

  1. Policies on “agroecology” do not exist!
  2. Corporate forces at play
  3. Poorly understood or shunned
  4. Farmers at the forefront
  5. Competing frameworks
  6. Research is fragmented

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Policy Levers

  1. Shifting mindsets
  2. Incentives & support measures
  3. A whole food system lens
  4. Regulatory measures
  5. Farm inputs, energy, machinery
  6. Social policy
  7. A National Agroecology Strategy

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Transition Pathways

& Change Trajectories

  1. Potential for co-optation
  2. The dilemma of ‘big tents’
  3. What trajectory for Canada: Transition or Transformation?

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It Takes a Movement

To Grow a Food Policy

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An Agenda for Transformation

  1. A Research & Knowledge Sharing Agenda
  2. A Policy & Advocacy Agenda
  3. An Engagement & Communications Agenda