Two Upcoming Food Security Events

for PEI Food Security Network (FSN) Members and Associates

#1

Monday, March 23, 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Murphy’s Community Centre, Charlottetown

A workshop on the impact on food security of new directions for PEI agriculture* a review of the January 2009 document, Growing the Island Way: The Next Chapter for the Agriculture and Agri-Food

Organized by the FSN Food Production and Distribution Working Group

Please Register: call Michel or Marie at 894-4573 or e-mail
cooperinstitute *at* eastlink *dot* ca

(*The Food Production and Distribution Working Group will plan a future workshop on the fishery)

#2

Tuesday March 31, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Murchison Centre, Charlottetown

A Forum on successes in overcoming global and local obstacles to food security featuring Juana Ferrer Paredes a farm leader from the Dominican Republic and featuring a made-in-PEI plan for overcoming the obstacles to Food security Organized by the FSN Food Production and Distribution Working Group; the Access to Safe, Healthy and Culturally Appropriate Food Working Group; and the FSN Coordinating Committee.

(Juana works with Via Campesina, an organization of small- and medium-sized producers from 56 countries from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This organization is one of the first promoters of the food security movement)

Please Register: call Michelle or Sara 368-5040 or email
michelle *at* wnpei *dot* org