Themes: Food & Water Security

Food is an important part of all our lives, whether it’s through the meals we prepare, the local food we buy or grow, the waste we compost, or the community…

Food For Change is an 82 minute, feature-length documentary film focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change in American culture. The movie tells the…

As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on ‘social and solidarity economy’ as a…

Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a…

Statement of Objectives This delegation of professionals sought to share experiences in the development of sustainable food systems in both Cuba and the U.S. Shared experience and knowledge include: methods…

It took 3500 people almost three years to come up with Resetting the Table – A People’s Food Policy for Canada. This grassroots response to the crises in our food…

The Dollars & Sense: Opportunities to Strengthen Southern Ontario’s Food System study identifies ways Ontario can make changes to its food system to increase the supply of local food, create…

ABSTRACT: The following report examines the economic, environmental and nutritional benefits that a provincial local food procurement policy could bring to Manitoba. This research identifies opportunities for the Province of…

The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development published a special issue on cooperatives and alternative food systems initiatives, which was available for free during the month of July….

As a non-profit organization, COIN is committed to improving the skills of individuals in the Peterborough community in order to overcome obstacles they may encounter in obtaining employment, including a…

Responding to a request from the newer Neighbourhood Renewal Corporations (NRCs) in Manitoba, Neighbourhoods Alive! asked CCEDNet to facilitate knowledge transfer between old and new NRCs. Through interviews with both the…

This is one of the Canadian CED Network’s CED in Manitoba Profiles Project produced 50 stories of Manitoba communities working to build fairer and stronger local economies, reduce poverty, and revitalize neighbourhoods. There…