We take a community-based, participatory approach to research. Our research is community-driven. Our practitioner partners provide input into our research scope and questions.
They also help us decide who we talk to as we gather information about how to make food systems more sustainable.
We are linked to not-for-profits and private businesses doing sustainable food systems work. We also seek input from government officials. We work throughout the food values web and seek to engage with and support farmers through to consumers in the quest for community-focused, sustainable food systems.
Our National Advisory Committee (NAC) represents the seven research nodes across Canada. Building from our roots in Ontario north, south and east, the other nodes are centred in the Northwest Territories, Alberta and British Columbia, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
Our International Advisory Committee (IAC) complements the work of the National Advisory Committee. The IAC includes experts from the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Germany, France, Wales, the Netherlands, Italy and South Africa. Three Working Groups explore and develop research related to agro-ecology, territorial food systems and related metrics, and innovative governance.
