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Wayne Roberts


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Wayne Roberts is a Canadian food policy analyst and writer, widely respected for his role as the manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council, a citizen body of 30 food activists and experts that is widely recognized for its innovative approach to food security, from 2000-2010.

Since retiring from the TFPC in 2010, Roberts has been on the board of several North American food organizations, including FoodShare, Community Food Security Coalition, Food Secure Canada, Unitarian Service Committee, Sustain Ontario and Centre for Sustainable Food Systems.

As a leading member of the City of Toronto’s Environmental Task Force, he helped develop a number of official plans for the city, including the Environmental Plan and Food Charter, adopted by Toront
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Local food system responses to COVID-19: Toronto and its city region

  Toronto and its city region – known as the Greater Golden Horseshoe – is the most populous area in Canada, with nine million inhabitants. As in much of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economy, leading to spiralling unemployment, increased food insecurity, and questions about what changes to the food system are [...]
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“Lots of people have a vision, but what we need is a viable transition strategy, my ever-thoughtful friend Herb Barbolet insists. Food advocates (and of course, we’ll be changing that word to problem-solvers) are too removed from sources of power, resources, and public support to be able to implement anything like a comprehensive vision for wholesale change of the food system in anything like the immediate future. But we can move to transition phase.”
Wayne Roberts, Food for City Building: A Field Guide for Planners, Actionists & Entrepreneurs



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