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

North Dumfries — Ward 2

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
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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. Develop a local food strategy, including research on how land-use change affects the food system
  2. Promote and support low-barrier spaces for local producers to distribute and sell food
  3. Partner with other levels of government to develop local food hubs that reduce costs and barriers for small businesses
  4. Leave local food livelihoods to the private market
  5. Encourage and support local landowners to rent to newcomer farmers
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 would support protecting productive farmland from unnecessary development while making it easier for local farmers and producers to connect directly with residents through farmers' markets, community events and other low-barrier opportunities to sell locally produced food. This supports both farmland preservation and our local rural economy.

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

Agriculture is an important part of the identity and economy of North Dumfries. Food security should include helping residents in need, but also protecting productive farmland and supporting the farmers and local producers who sustain our food system. As our Township grows, we should be careful that development does not unnecessarily remove valuable agricultural land from production.

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