Announcing a new Meetup for Post Carbon Toronto MeetUp!
What:
Race Against Time or Race Against Narcissism?:
Can we Restore a Solar Food System Before We Run Out of Fossil Fuels?
When: February 26, 2009 7:00 PM
Where:
Toronto City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Committee Room #2, Second Flr
Toronto, ON
Meetup Description: Tortilla riots in Mexico....Asian nations banning the export of rice... Saudi Arabia buying up farm land in other countries....world grain reserves falling to historic lows...and vast expanses of croplands being devoted to raising bio-fuel for the rich world's cars.
Food, long a background concern in Canada, has suddenly become the subject of international headlines - and all indications are there is more to come.
In Ontario, the proponents of the "100 Mile Diet" have emerged as a social movement, as have organic farmers, and many have objections to our basic food supply being shipped in from farms thousands of kilometers away. What will the impact of peak oil be on this system - will we merely note some price inflation...or will it be ration cards and lining up once a week for some gruel?
Wayne Roberts is the Project Coordinator for the Toronto Food Policy Council, and the author of a recent book on food, The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food, and he will be addressing the topic of diet, eating and food in the post peak world.
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/PostCarbonTorontoMeetup/calendar/9714241/
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