Local food movements are part of a grassroots movement toward community food security globally, not just in Canada; Foodgrains Bank participates in these discussions but focuses on its own role in food justice.

1. Food Justice

2. Supporting international Partnerships to end hunger Influencing Public Policy to end hunger Engaging Canadians in efforts to end hunger

4. “Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.” ~ Jacques Diouf - FAO Director-general

5. From Food Aid / Food Assistance

6. Food Security

7. Nutrition

8. Right to Food

9. Roughly 70% of the world’s hungry people rely on food production for their livelihood

10. Why are they hungry?

11. ROOT CAUSES of HUNGER Trade Policies (globalization) Conflict and Governance(access to resources) Access to land, employment, health care, etc (structures and systems) Disasters (climate and geography-related)

12. Give a man a fish…and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish…and he’ll for a lifetime. Teach a woman to fish…and the whole family will eat for a lifetime. But what if they have no access to the pond?

14. 2005 down to 50%

16. Recipient country representation

17. Nutrition rather than tonnes of grain

19. resilience / adaptation

21. 17 Projections are now a reality that most developing countries are negatively affected by climate change

22. Canada must do more to help small farmers in developing countries adapt!

23. What about you?

24. Citizens or Consumers?

25. Over a billion People on the Planet are Hungry.

26. (That’s Onein Six.)

27. Almost the Same Number on the Planet are Overfed.

28. How Can We Respond?

29. 25 Tread lightly on the Earth.

30. 26 Make purchases that honour those who produce your food.

31. Advocate for food policies that are just and sustainable… …at all levels!

32. Liberia Haiti

33. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Talk to Elected Officials about the importance of Food Security Eat, Live, and Shop Consciously Write to your MP, MLA or Councilor Support and cooperate with farmers Support Canadian Foodgrains Bank or other agencies which provide food Think About Entitlements and “Enough” Learn and Share

34. Write a letter or send a postcard to Prime Minister Harper and the Minister of Environment Ask them to help small-scale farmers adapt to the negative effects of climate change