All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes

Cambridge — Ward 6

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
Barbara Harrington See responses
In the context of growing pressure for economic development and the connected loss of farmland, what role do municipalities and the Region hold in promoting local food livelihoods, production, and processing?ranked from highest to lowest importance
  1. Promote and support low-barrier spaces for local producers to distribute and sell food
  2. Partner with other levels of government to develop local food hubs that reduce costs and barriers for small businesses
  3. Develop a local food strategy, including research on how land-use change affects the food system
  4. Encourage and support local landowners to rent to newcomer farmers
  5. Leave local food livelihoods to the private market
How should municipalities and the Region approach food insecurity and affordability?select up to 3 per part
A. Access to food
  • Partner with local charities, non-profits, and other organizations to strengthen access to food and redistribution of surplus food and produce for low-income residents, Support local food procurement for school food programs, including processing/preparation infrastructure, food literacy, and youth learning opportunities
  • Support programs to prepare food for those who are unhoused or unable to cook
B. Access to land for growing food
  • Make public lands (Regional and municipal) available for sustenance food provisioning, including in urban and peri-urban spaces as cities expand
  • Enable access to land and resources for local people who want to grow their own food (e.g. the community-garden model)
  • Encourage and support private landowners to make lots available for food provisioning

Please describe one concrete policy, program, or decision you would support to strengthen the local food system.candidate's own words

i encourage the idea of having public land available for community gardens or new farmers. I believe should be part of the curriculum in high school and that is where students could earn their 40 hours of community service in garden maintenance during the school growing season and summer as a volunteer.

Would you like to provide any additional context for your views on food systems?candidate's own words

I think Cambridge food bank is going to be once they move too far away for some people like Preston and Hespeler. I think they need to create a smaller version of the food bank program in at least Hespeler and possibly Preston

Other priority not listed abovecandidate's own words

I am a total advocate for grow your own food. I totally believe in public lands should be available for community gardens

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