Who we are
Board Members Our Team Just Food is a grassroots, non-profit organization that includes staff, volunteers, community partners, members and funders. All projects are community-based. We seek direction from our broad community partners. Overall direction comes from the Board, with staff input. Just Food engages in food policy conversations at many levels. Just Food is a […]
Our Partners
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Our Background
A brief history of Just Food (formerly the Ottawa Food Security Council) Summer 1999: Community members concerned about food security begin talks with staff from several departments of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) on the role that local food alternatives such as community gardens and food-related community economic development initiatives can play in a […]
About Just Food
Vision Statement We envision vibrant, just and sustainable food systems* where: all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to fresh, accessible, affordable, culturally relevant, minimally processed, as local as possible, ecologically managed, within sustainable livelihoods; essential principles are upheld: ecologically regenerative practices, viable livelihoods for food providers, and social justice for all; the local […]
