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Watch this animated explanation of industrial agriculture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cajeNeQ5p64 

Read this opinion on industrial farming in Canada: https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2017/beware-the-glitz-of-neo-industrial-agriculture/

Read 10 Things You Should Know About Industrial Agriculture: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/10-things-you-should-know-about-industrial-farming 

Read the FAO’s most recent report on food security. Hint, check out section 2.2, The Hidden Health and Environmental Costs of What We Eat: http://www.fao.org/3/ca9692en/ca9692en.pdf 

Explore the Sustainable Food Trust’s work on True Cost Accounting: https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/key-issues/true-cost-accounting/ 

Watch this Ted Talk on the True Cost of Food: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovWdmy7Af-I

Watch this short overview of the global food trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJx7MySikZI

Read about the problems of the global food trade and the new opportunities Covid presents: https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-another-chance-to-transform-the-global-food-trade-136561

Read this proposal on a new way to measure global food trade: http://environment.umn.edu/discovery/gli/unraveling-the-complex-web-of-global-food-trade/

Read the FAO’s most recent (2020) report on global food insecurity: http://www.fao.org/3/ca9692en/online/ca9692en.html# 

Listen to this Ted Talk to understand the real culprit driving food insecurity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLJ3XnTMlRM&t=41s 

Listen to this video made by PROOF, one of the leading organizations researching food insecurity in Canada: https://proof.utoronto.ca/whiteboard/  

Explore Feeding Nunavut’s website to understand how this problem disproportionately affects northern Canadian regions: https://www.feedingnunavut.com/  

Read this report by Second Harvest, one of Canada’s leading organizations studying food waste: https://secondharvest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Avoidable-Crisis-of-Food-Waste-The-Roadmap-by-Second-Harvest-and-VCMI.pdf 

Explore the Love Food Hate Waste campaign for inspiration on how to lower your food waste: https://lovefoodhatewaste.ca/ 

Watch this video explaining some of the facets of the food waste problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MpfEeSem_4&t=10s

Learn about the challenges faced by migrant food workers in Canada during Covid: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/bitter-harvest-migrant-workers-pandemic

Read about the failure to protect workers from Covid-19 at the Cargill meat-packing plant in Alberta: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/union-group-says-documents-show-alberta-government-prioritized-cargill-plant-operation-over-worker-safety-1.5968428

Read this account of food labourers in the US: https://foodprint.org/issues/labor-workers-in-the-food-system/

Explore the Food Empowerment Project’s resources explaining slavery and food labour intersections: https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/

Read this report explaining the difference between food deserts, swamps and mirages: https://www.ncceh.ca/sites/default/files/Food_Deserts_Food_Swamps_Primer_Oct_2017.pdf

Watch this short video about an exciting food desert solution in Winnipeg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfzxwWYMGPY

Check out this assessment of food mirages in Canada: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jino-distasio/food-insecurity-canada_b_11198586.html

Read this article to learn more about racism in our food systems: https://www.mic.com/p/our-food-system-is-broken-racist-meet-the-farmers-trying-to-change-the-way-we-eat-34837057 

Check out the resource pages of two incredible farms bringing food justice to life - Sundance Harvest: https://www.sundanceharvestfarm.com/learning-resources and Soul Fire Farm: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/resources/ 

Explore New Grocery Movement’s Recentering Sustainability and Food directory: https://www.newgrocerymovement.com/recentering-sustainability-and-food

Watch this Ted Talk explaining food sovereignty from the perspective of a Muckleshoot Tribe member: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGkWI7c74oo

Learn more about La Via Campesina and explore the resources on their website: https://viacampesina.org/en/what-are-we-fighting-for/food-sovereignty-and-trade/ 

Read about the 7 pillars of food sovereignty: https://foodsecurecanada.org/who-we-are/what-food-sovereignty 

Watch this short introduction to sustainable farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iloAQmroRK0

Listen to this overview of regenerative agriculture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuRpEA1sFow

Check out Regeneration Canada, an organization working to promote regenerative farming across the country: https://regenerationcanada.org/en/why-soil/

Read this overview of regenerative farming: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/what-regenerative-agriculture

Learn about the Indigenous origins of regenerative practices: https://nfu.org/2020/10/12/the-indigenous-origins-of-regenerative-agriculture/