Objectives & Working Groups

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PEI FOOD SECURITY NETWORK OBJECTIVES

Objective 1
The PEI Food Security Network will:

• research and define what is involved in access to healthy, culturally appropriate food (including complete labelling),
• develop a plan for community education, and
• identify changes to public policy that are required.

The Access to Food Working Group is addressing this objective.

Objective 2
The PEI Food Security Network will:

• develop a system of analysis of food costs for individuals and families,
• raise awareness in the community and among policy makers of food costs for individuals and families on fixed incomes, and
• research and implement strategies for the development of more advanced food skills (production, selection and preparation) for Island residents.

The Food Costing Working Group is addressing this objective.

Objective 3
The PEI Food Security Network will:

• research and define the proposal of guaranteed livable income for producers,
• develop a plan for community education,
• identify public policy changes that are required, and design and implement an action plan for making those changes,
• identify the meaning of ecologically responsible production and distribution, and
• develop a community education plan and public policy action for the achievement of new forms of production and distribution.

The Food Production and Distribution Working Group is addressing this objective.

Objective 4
The PEI Food Security Network will create a framework for understanding how PEI self-reliance in food would work.

No Working Group has yet been formed to focus on this fourth objective.