This section provides updates on the site. See blog posts for general news on food policy developments.
May 2024 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
April 2024 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
March 2024 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
February 2024 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
January 2024 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
December 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and analysis
November 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments
October 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
September 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
August 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
Goal 5, Water and the food system
Working on all subsections.
July 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
June 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
May 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
April 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
March 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
February 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
Under Goal 2, Rebuilding local and regional food infrastructure
Completed action area
January 2023 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
December 2022 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
November 2022 site updates
The Short Version (in footer)
Completed section
October 2022 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
September 2022 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
August 2022 site updates
Across the site, very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality
July 2022 site updates
Across Goals 1,2 and 3 - very specific content updates related to recent developments and insertion of links to improve functionality.
June 2022 site updates
Under Goal 2, Rebuilding local and regional food infrastructure
Working on all sections
May 2022 site updates
Under Goal 9, Changing what we consider edible
Completed action area
Under Goal 5, Water and the food system
Working on all sections
April 2022 site updates
Under Goal 1 Pre-natal nutrition and breastfeeding
Completed action area
Under Goal 9, Changing what we consider edible
Working on all sections
March 2022 site updates
Under Goal 2, Rebuilding local and regional food infrastructure
Working on all sections
Under Goal 9, Changing what we consider edible
Working on all sections
Under Goal 5, Wildlife and species at risk
Completed action area
February 2022 site updates
Under Goal 9, Changing what we consider edible
Working on all sections
Under Goal 5, Wildlife and species at risk
Working on all sections
Under Goal 2, Rebuilding local and regional food infrastructure
Working on all sections
January 2022 site updates
Under Goal 2, Demand supply Coordination
Updating Lessons from WWII
Under Goal 5, Wildlife and species at risk
Working on all sections
Under Goal 2, Rebuilding local and regional food infrastructure
Working on all sections
December 2021 site updates
Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Updates related to aquatic species at risk and the Fisheries Act
Frameworks
Additions to numerous categories
Under Goal 5, Wildlife and species at risk
Working on all sections
Under Goal 8, New farmer programmes
Completed action area
November 2021 site updates
Under Goal 5, Wildlife and species at risk
Working on all sections
Under Goal 8, New farmer programmes
Working on all sections
Under Goal 2, Demand supply Coordination, Redesign
Added section on the potential outcomes of redesign
Under Goal 8, Big data, automation and work
Preliminary notes
October 2021 site updates
Goal 3, Integrating food into educational processes, Substitution; and Financing the Transition
Updates based on new survey of school food programs in Canada
Goal 4, Food Additives, Processing Aids and Packaging Materials
Completed action area
Goal 3, Integrating food into primarily health care, Substitution
Added proposal on sustainable diet
Get started, Complex supply chains
Additions of a number of commodities to the discussion
Goal 5, Sustainable food, Redesign
Discussion of modelling of wholesale transition
September 2021 site updates
Goal 5, Water and the food system
Notes added to section
Goal 2, Equitable access to food distribution and retail
Added sections regarding new regulations to require store layouts that favour healthy foods.
Goal 7, Structures and processes for participation. Solutions
Additions related to skills required to address wicked problems
Goal 4, Veterinary drugs
Completed action area
Goal 4, Food additives
Working on all subsections
August 2021 site updates
Goal 4, Veterinary drugs
Working on all subsections
Research Projects
Added a research project on agent-based modelling and organic transition
July 2021 site updates
Goal 9, Human animal relations
Completed action area
All goals
Summary of key policy challenges added to each Goal
June 2021 site updates
Goal 9
Continuing work on numerous sections
Get started, What does an effective advocate do, Advocates for Change
New sections on the Many ways governments say no, and the Inner Transition
Goal 2, Demand - supply co-ordination
Additions to Substitution, New planning mechanisms
Instruments, Legislation
Added a section on transition and the legislative process
Instruments, Constitutional provisions
Updates related to the Territories and provincial implementation of their authorities
Goal 4, Fertilizers
Completed action area
May 2021 site updates
Goal 5, Food Waste Reduction
Updates related to waste management and compost
Goal 4, Genetic Engineering
Completed action area
Goal 4, Fertilizers
Working on all subsections
Goal 9
Preliminary work on a number of change areas
April 2021 site updates
Goal 5, Sustainable Transportation
Updated the Financing the Transition section
Many sections of the site
Updates related to the 2021 federal budget.
Goal 10, Trade Agreements
Added a section on Financing the Transition
Goal 5, Sustainable food
Added sections on commercial urban farming, aquaculture and aquaponics
Solutions
Updates addressing additional reading of the sustainable transition literature.
Goal 1, Self and community provisioning
Completed action area
March 2021 site updates
Goal 5, Sustainable Transportation
Added a section under Substitution on improving anti-competition legislation in transportation law.
Goal 2 Demand Supply Coordination
Added a paragraph under lessons from WWII about government skills to implement a complex agenda
Goal 5 Protecting Agricultural Land
Added information on protecting urban farm land under Substitution, Municipal property taxation
Goal 5 Sustainable Food
Additions to numerous sections regarding supports for urban farming. Updates to carbon pricing and trading under Substitution based on Supreme Court decision.
Goal 7, Structures and processes for regulatory pluralism
Added section under Efficiency on organizational training needs in complexity management and roundtable facilitation
Goal 1, Self and community provisioning
Working on all sections and related updates to many other sections of the site
Goal 5, Sustainable food
Updating section on urban food production
Goal 8, Worker rights
Preliminary work on the section
Goal 9, Decolonizing food culture
Preliminary work on the section
February 2021 site updates
Goal 1, Self and community provisioning
Working on all sections and related updates to many other sections of the site
Goal 5, Aboriginal food production
Preliminary work on all sections
Goal 5, Protecting Genetic Resources
Finished sections on Fish and other aquatic organisms, Insects and soil fauna, and Microoorganisms.
January 2021 site updates
Get Started, What does an effective policy advocate do, Advocates for Change, Cases
Created 5 case examples of food policy advocacy in Canada.
Solutions
Added a segment linking the transition framework to policy evaluation and success.
Goal 5, Protecting Genetic Resources
Working on all sections of Embryos, Semen and Animals (completed), and the Financing the Transition section. Working on the section on Fish.
Get Started and Frameworks
Added sections on Lack of Resilience including summaries of COVID-19 vulnerabilities (Get Started, Problems, General) and Resilience theory (Frameworks, General)
December 2020 site updates
Get Started, Why Joined up Food Policy
Added section on the grand mythological narratives that guide food system actors and functions
Goal 5, Protecting Genetic Diversity
Expanding the Introduction, and the Seeds and Plants sections, completed
Goal 2, Demand Supply Coordination
Updates to DSC Instruments
Goal 5, Sustainable Food, Substitution
Updates to Food in Carbon Pricing
Goal 5, Food Waste Reduction, Supply Chain waste
Added a section on Covid - 19 and food waste
Solutions, The Nature of Transition
Updates to pertinent literature on sustainable transition and counter-hegemony
Instruments
Updates to the section on why instrument design is often ineffective and the section on Subsidies
Goal 3, Reducing Corporate Concentration, Substitution
Updates to the section on Land to align it with Goal 5, Agricultural Land Protection
Goal 2, Demand - supply Coordination, State of local / regional food
Updates on studies related to levels of local self-reliance
Goal 5, Agricultural Land Protection
Additions across the section, completed
November 2020 site updates
Goal 5, Agricultural Land Protection
Additions across the section
Goal 8, Labour Force Development
Updates to numerous sections
Goal 3, Integrating food into educational processes
Updates under Efficiency, Substitution and Financing the Transition
Frameworks, Governance; Solutions, the Nature of Transition
Added sections on Complex Adaptive Systems Theory (and Force Field Analysis under the Nature of Transition)
Goal 3, Integrate food into health care, Redesign
Update to discussion about using health insurance to pay for food
Solutions, Financing the Transition
Introductory remarks added on the challenges of financing the transition
Goal 1, Equitable access to the food distribution system
Additions across the section
October 2020 site updates
Frameworks
Additions to numerous sections
Goal 1, Equitable access to the food distribution system
Additions across the section
Goal 1, Consumer food information
Modifications to discussion in Efficiency and Substitution re: food advertising
Goal 1, Income Security, Substitution and Redesign
Updates to Guaranteed Annual Income discussion and integrated income security architecture
Goal 5, Food Packaging changes
Working on all elements of the section, completed
Solutions, The nature of transition
Additions re: general frameworks, alternatives and counter - hegemony
Sept 2020 site updates
Goal 3, Integrating food into educational processes
Additions to Redesign
Get Started, History of attempts to create a national food policy
Selective additions related to colonial history
Instruments, Constitutional Provisions
Updates on constitutional history related to agricultural jurisdiction
Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Selective revisions
Goal 5, Food Packaging changes
Working on all elements of the section
Goal 2, Emergencies
Selective updates based on new analyses related to the Covid emergency
Instruments, International Agreements
New international food agreements added
August 2020 site updates
Goal 5, Food Packaging changes
Working on all elements of the section
Goal 2, Emergencies
Completed action area
July 2020 site updates
Goal 5, Food Packaging changes
Working on all elements of the section
Across the site
Additions related to racism in the food system
June 2020 site updates
Under Goal 3, Food as Health Promotion
Updates to Efficiency and Substitution
Under Goal 5, Food Packaging
Mapping out an approach to this section
Under Goal 1, Income security architecture
Minor updates to Efficiency, Substitution
Under Instruments, Constitutional Provisions
Minor updates to the framing of the section.
May 2020 site updates
Under Goal 3, Integrating food into educational processes
Updates to Efficiency and Substitution
Under Goal 3, Food as Health Promotion
Updates to Efficiency and Substitution
Under Goal 2, Demand Supply Coordination, Redesign
Information added on provincial emergency measures legislation
Under Goal 1, Income security architecture
New content for Efficiency, Substitution, Redesign and Financing the Transition
April 2020 site updates
Under Goal 5, Protecting Genetic Resources
Material added to numerous sections
Under Goal 1, Income security architecture
New content for all sections
Under Goal 3, Public research and information dissemination
Additions to Substitution and Redesign
March 2020 site updates
Under Goal 3, Public research and information dissemination
Additions to all sub - sections
Under Goal 4, Fertilizers
Outline created
Under Instruments, International Agreements, Trade
Additions and adjustments to CETA, USMCA and the CPATPP.
Under Goal 10, Trade agreements
Updates related to USMCA and CETA, additions to Efficiency and Substitution strategies.
Goal 5, Protecting genetic resources
Building the initial parts of the section
February 2020 site updates
Goal 5, Protecting genetic resources
Building the initial parts of the section
Goal 7, Structures for regulatory pluralism
Additions to Current problems
Goal 5, Farmland Protection
Additions to Efficiency, Substitution, Redesign
Instruments
New section on why instruments in Canada are often poorly designed
January 2020 site updates
Goal 5, Protecting genetic resources
More detailed outline for the section
Goal 5, Sustainable fisheries management
Additions to Substitution and Redesign
Goal 1, Consumer information
Reconciling this section with Goal 4, Reducing nutrients of concern
Home page
Minor changes to why food policy is important
Under Goal 2, Demand Supply Coordination
Updates to Substitution, Designing and implementing a sustainable diet
Under Goal 1, Economic Development
Created a draft outline for the change area
Under Goal 4, Reducing consumption of nutrients of concern
New content for Efficiency and Substitution sections
December 2019 site updates
Under Goal 7, Structures and processes of regulatory pluralism
Minor updates to all sections
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Food, Substitution
Updated section on food in carbon pricing
Under Goal 4, Food safety regimes for local and sustainable production
New content for the Introduction and Challenges
Under Get Started, Changes to Conceptual Images
Reference an IPES-Food report with many helpful graphics
Under Goal 1, Consumer Information Systems
Updates to many sections based on changes implemented in 2019 by the federal government
Under Instruments, Taxes
Additions to all categories of taxes
Under Goal 4, Reducing consumption of nutrients of concern
Significant changes to all parts of this action area
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Extensive additions to Substitution
November 2019 site updates
Instruments, Constitutional Provisions
Updates to federal and municipal authorities
Instruments, Programs
Additions under Program Effectiveness
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Extensive additions to Introduction, State of the fishery, Core Issues and Efficiency
October 2019 site updates
Solutions, Introductory observations
Added material on the transition related to how alternative initiatives can progressively influence the dominant system
Home page
New material added that explains the focus on government policy
Under Goal 7, Participation
Added a new change area and outline
Under Instruments, International Agreements
Additions to the discussion about the CETA.
Under Goal 2, Demand - Supply Coordination
Changes to Redesign, related to the pet food industry
Under Actors, Federal Government
Updates to the Fisheries and Oceans Department
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Extensive additions to Introduction, State of the fishery, Core Issues and Efficiency
September 2019 site updates
Under Instruments, Legislation, Federal
New Acts related to fisheries management added
Under Goal 3, Food in Public Institutions and Spaces
Draft outline of area created
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Fisheries Management
Draft outline of area created
August 2019 site updates
Under Goal 5, Sustainable food
Minor changes to numerous sections
July 2019 site updates
Under Instruments, Legislation, Federal
Significant changes to existing legislation and new legislation added
Under Goal 3, Food as Health Promotion
Changes to Efficiency, Substitution and Redesign
June 2019 site updates
Under Home Page, Get Started and Policy Actors, Prime Minister
Numerous updates to reflect federal government announcement of pieces of a national food policy
Under Goal 2, Demand Supply Coordination
Under Redesign, additions related to the role of commercial urban agriculture
May 2019 site updates
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Food
Additions to Efficiency, Substitution and Redesign
April 2019 site updates
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Food
Additions to Efficiency and Substitution
March 2019 site updates
Under Policy Actors, Federal Government
Updates to Prime Minister's Office based on 2019 Budget announcements
Under Instruments
Additions to Taxes
Under Goal 5, Sustainable Food
Additions to Substitution
Under Goal 5, Reducing food waste
Additions in multiple locations based on 2019 Budget announcements and a discussion paper from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
February 2019 site updates
Under Goal 3
Additions to Corporate Concentration, Efficiency and Substitution
Under Goal 4
Pesticides, substantial additions to Efficiency and Substitution
Under Goal 5
Additions to Sustainable Food
January 2019 site updates
Under Goal 5
Additions to Sustainable food production and Agricultural Land Protection
Revisions to Reducing food waste based on new data and analysis
December 2018 site updates
Under Goal 5
Additions to Sustainable food production and Agricultural Land Protection
November 2018 site updates
Under Goal 2, Demand Supply Coordination, Efficiency
Added a section on Value Chain Coordination.
Under Goal 3
More changes to Educational processes and Reducing Corporate Concentration
Under Goal 5
Significant additions to Sustainable food production .....
October 2018 site updates:
Under Get Started
Added a section on conceptual images, under construction
Under all Goals
Added a heading for each goal on monitoring and evaluation, under construction
Under Frameworks
Additions to Education and Monitoring frameworks
Services
A new main heading, Services provided, under construction
Under Goal 2
Demand-supply Coordination, updates to Optimal diet sections, Financing the transition, and improved navigation
Under Goal 3
Significant additions to Educational processes and Reducing Corporate Concentration
September 2018 site updates:
Under Goal 3, Reducing Corporate Concentration
Extensive additions to all sections, revisions still on-going
Under Research Projects
A few additional articles added to Circle Project pages
August 2018 site updates:
Under Research Projects
Extensive additions to the Circle Project pages
June / July 2018 site updates:
Minor editing
May 2018 site updates:
Under Instruments
Significant additions to introduction on the challenges of instrument choice
Under Goal 3
Updates to all sections on research and information dissemination
April 2018 site updates:
New post under News
Additions to Getting Started
New material in Efficiency, Substitution and Redesign under Goal 7
New material in the general introduction to Instruments
Updates to Frameworks, Political Economy
Updates to Goal 10, Free Trade
March 2018 site updates:
Small adjustments to numerous sections to improve coverage and readability. New contributors added.
February 2018 site updates:
New material added under Goal 3 Service
Although still incomplete, new material has been added under 2 activity areas: Food as health promotion and primary care; and Integrating food into educational processes.
January 2018 site updates:
New material added under Goal 3 Service
Although still incomplete, new material has been added under 2 activity areas: Food as health promotion and primary care; and Integrating food into educational processes.
New material added under Goal 7 Participation
Although still incomplete, new material has been added under Structures.
New material added under Frameworks
To Health, Education and Governance
New material added under Research Projects
Details about the Circle Project have been added to this section.
