Feeding the city: Building local food security 

Part of a series of forums that Douglas College is hosting in partnership with SFU and the City of New Westminster. The goal of these forums is to provide an occasion for frank discussion on important issues facing urban and suburban communities, to both inform and learn from academics, practitioners, and citizens. "Local food" has been a buzzword for some time, but our reliance on imports has remained high and may not be guaranteed. What have we learned from the past year about our capacity to produce food in this region? What should we be focusing on to ensure food security moving forward: technologies, protecting the ALR, community gardens, just labour movements, public ownership, and/or new government funding? Can we build a resilient local food system that can respond to climate change, global trade interruptions and other future uncertainties? Welcome: Sarah Paynter, Humanities and Social Sciences (Douglas College). Moderator: Dr. Mike McPhee, Humanities and Social Sciences (Douglas College). A faculty member in the Department of Geography, he has expertise in environmental and land use planning and policy, as well as agricultural land use. (2:30) Panelist Discussion (3:54) Panelists: Dr. Julia Murphy, Humanities and Social Sciences (Kwantlen Polytechnic University). An instructor in the Department of Anthropology. Lenore Newman, Director, Food and Agriculture Institute (University of the Fraser Valley). Q&A with panelists (45:23)