PEI Food Security Network brochure in PDF
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.
Hi there. My partner and I are new to the island. We moved here in September and are starting an Organic Vegetable Farm near Charlottetown. We have been hoping to get involved with a group like yours that is addressing food security issues and is also educating people about the true costs of growing/producing food and supporting a fair wage for farmers/producers. We would like to learn more about your group and when your next meetings of the Access to Food and the Food Production and Distribution Working Groups. Thanks in advance, Amy Smith