Resource List

Finding resources to stay informed about issues that matter to food and agriculture movements can be a challenge. We are constantly looking for new sources to help us learn and deepen our understanding of local food systems.

If you are interested in exploring the food movement and diving deeper into issues of land justice and food sovereignty, we think you’ll find this list helpful.

Podcasts

• Handpicked podcast

Presented by the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, Handpicked: Stories from the Field is a podcast series that showcases research that drives positive change in our food systems—ways we produce, gather, eat, understand and dispose of our food. 

• The Native Seed podcast

“The Native Seed Pod celebrates the diversity and beauty of Native seeds, soils, and Indigenous foods. The Native Seed Pod is a fertile place to explore thinking about Indigenous sciences and the physical and poetic seeds needed to renew the health of the Earth at this critical time in history.” 

• Toasted sister

This Podcast talks about indigenous food through the eyes of indigenous foodies and chefs. It addresses food and land issues as well as native cuisine and heritage.

• Uprooted podcast

“Produced by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Uprooted follows stories that connect the dots between agriculture and trade. What might seem obscure and technical on the surface actually impacts every aspect of our daily lives. We want to unearth the fascinating hidden stories that trace their roots back to policy.”

News, platforms, media outlets, and food justice organizations in North America 

• Civil Eats

News source for advocacy journalism addressing food justice, civil rights and racial justice. “Civil Eats is a daily news source about the American food system. The website brings together over 100 contributors who discuss sustainable agriculture.”

• FoodPrint

Non profit organization conducting research and raising awareness on food production practices. “Our aim is to pull back the curtain on the impacts of industrial food production practices and explain the benefits of more sustainable approaches to food production and consumption. ”

• FoodSecureCanada

“Food Secure Canada is a pan-Canadian alliance of organizations and individuals working together to advance food security and food sovereignty through three interlocking goals: zero hunger, healthy and safe food, and sustainable food systems.”

• Food Tank

A Food Think Tank.  “Food Tank is a non profit organization that aims to educate, inspire, advocate, and create change in the food system.  They spotlight and support environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty and create networks of people, organizations, and content to push for food system change.”

• Food + Tech Connect

Food + Tech Connect is a New York based website and community geared to connecting, inspiring, informing and accelerating good food innovation. Their newsletter is a robust roundup of food industry news, trends and updates.

• Oko Farms

An Aquaponics Farm and Education Centre in Brooklyn, New York. For those interested in learning more about aquaponics — a technique that combines aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (the soil-less growing of plants) to grow fish and plants together in a single integrated system — check their website for online aquaponics course offerings and other resources.

• Sustain Ontario

“Sustain Ontario is a province-wide, cross-sectoral alliance that promotes healthy food and farming. Our mission is to provide coordinated support for productive, equitable and sustainable food and farming systems that support the health and wellbeing of all people in Ontario, through collaborative action.”

• Young Agrarians

A farmer to farmer educational resource network for new and young ecological, organic and regenerative farmers in Canada.

This list offers only some of the many resources available through organizations and individuals who are actively powering and promoting the food justice movement. As an open source platform and a food justice community, we believe in sharing information. We want to hear from you or your organization about resources you can share with our community. 

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