Event
Re-thinking Food: Rural and Urban, Local and Global
Monday, October 30, 2017 17:00to19:00
Jeanne Sauvé Foundation, 1514 Avenue du Docteur-Penfield, Montreal, QC, H3G 1B9, CA
Price:
Free; registration required
Lecture series, sponsored by the Sauvé Forum Series on Social Connectedness and and the McGill Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID).
Join representatives from leading NGOs in exploring why food banks and food systems are failing to alleviate food insecurity and undernourishment around the world, and how food policy can be harnessed to build social connectedness.
Guest speakers include Rachel Gray, Executive Director, The Stop Community Food Centre (Toronto); and Patrick Holden, Founding Director and Chief Executive, The Sustainable Food Trust (UK).
Admission free; registration required.