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Interested in learning more about Food Cooperatives in Ontario?

If you are as passionate about food co-ops as we are, join us at this the 13th Annual Local Food and Farm Co-ops Assembly 2022: Pollinators of Change. Combining the issues of food systems, food justice and learning how we are all connected are the topics of this year’s assembly. Imagining how the world can work differently, regeneratively and cooperatively by creating a safe space for people to connect, share ideas and resources is imperative to learning how to make ALL food systems thrive.

Below is a summary of the incredible initiative brought to us by the Local Food and Farm Co-ops. To register and purchase tickets please VISIT HERE.

See you (virtually) there!

Stream 1: Just Food  (April 1st – April 15th)

Interested in food systems, food justice, and how we’re all connected?  Join us for this dive into the intersectionality of the impacts of food systems, relationships that transform local food systems, and how this affects us all who live within these webs.  If you’re interested in making change and are ready to dive into place-based systems thinking and the relationships that transform it all – let’s connect you with resources, conversations and people who are doing this work and together we’ll explore how we all can make change.

Live sessions include:

  • Building Stronger, Equitable Food Systems – with Jen Esposito Springett, Northwest Coordinator LFFC
  • Rethinking the Food Cycle – featuring Dr. Tammara Soma, Food Systems Lab at Simon Fraser University

Stream 2: Collaborations & Co-ops (April 8th – April 22nd)

If you’re familiar with food justice concepts, or perhaps you work within the food system and now you’re looking for solutions that benefit your community, join us for this stream.  Our Collaborations and Co-ops stream can connect you to concepts and community-focused solutions that bring together complex elements for more efficient, healthy, and multifaceted ways in which to solve problems and accomplish your goals.  From land trust experts to open-source online platforms for turning buying clubs into co-ops, we introduce solutions with proven track records and you get connected with those who can share about their success.  Are you co-op curious?  This stream is where it’s at. 

Live sessions include:

Stream 3: Food Economies & Communities of Practice (April 15th – April 29th)

We all need capital to make our projects work, but social entrepreneurs, cooperators and community developers know there are many elements vital to strengthening and innovating food businesses and the system as a whole. If you’re looking to explore creative ways to access funding and cooperate together to bring valuable innovative solutions forward, welcome to our Food Economies and Communities stream! We’ll dive deeper as seasoned practitioners troubleshooting change and driving food movement evolution by rethinking solutions to resource prospecting.

Live sessions include:

  • Land Trusts + Alternative Land Access – featuring Sonia Molodeky, Mnoo Aki and Global Indigenous Development Trust

Democratizing Innovation: Roundtable on New Northern Farming Solutions – with Revolution North/Révolution Nord

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