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

Regional Council — Cambridge

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes Water
Bryan Causarano-Bolton 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. 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. 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)
  • Implement a plan to replace old or dying trees on public property with fruit-bearing trees
  • harvested to provide to food banks.

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

Partner with local organizations to create sustainable food programs in schools. Children who are hungry are unable to focus on learning. Food programs that ensure kids get meals at school, and go home with groceries for their families, can help us combat hunger in the community.

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