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POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
In the first year of the project, Growing Green consulted
with over 65 voluntary
sector organizations regarding their key agriculture
and food concerns. From this we identified over
50 areas for policy action from
which we selected 8 top priorities.
Selection criteria were (1) request for attention from the
voluntary sector (2) existing momentum on the issue in both
the voluntary and the public sectors (3) a good fit between
the issue and the skills of the Project
Team.
In the second year of the project, Growing Green focused
on the top priorities with a view to identifying key policy
recommendations and making useful links to government agencies
to carry these priorities forward.
The priorities fall into two groups:
Making
sustainable food systems work - these priorities
focus on linking all parts of food systems "from seed
to plate" through a community development approach, and
reach beyond agri-food policy into health and regional/municipal
policy.
Making sustainable
food systems pay - these priorities derive from
issues on the farm and mostly address provincial agri-food
policy.
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