The Social Economy of Food Video Series
This series, also available on the Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems YouTube channel, showcases local leaders from Atlantic Canada and Ontario who are using food to improve their communities by enhancing the local and social economies.
Scroll through the videos or click on the links below to view each instalment.
Videos in the series:
The Social Economy of Food Video Series: Introduction
Supporting Seed Saving and Farmers in Atlantic Canada
Community Financing is Cultivating Local Food: FarmWorks shows the way
Durham Integrated Growers “DIG” Community Gardens and All Forms of Urban Agriculture
Nourishing Communities: Hidden Harvest Ottawa has big dreams for a greener Ottawa. What are yours?
Black Duck Wild Rice: The Resurgence of Indigenous Food Sovereignty within the Kawartha Lakes Region
Aroland Youth Blueberry Initiative
In 2019, Canadian Food Studies published a themed issue on The Social and Informal Economy of Food. These articles offer insights into the ways in which the “social economy” and “informal economy” (traditionally been regarded as separate areas) include many forms of overlap.