Food Systems Literacy – A Framework of Competencies for the Canadian Context

As sustainability is increasingly being questioned from an environmental, social and economic standpoint for food systems, and food insecurity rates are persisting globally, there is a need to improve citizen knowledge about food and food systems to transform them. A primary angle to improve knowledge is through education. Farm to Cafeteria Canada is a key stakeholder in Canada that provides and supports food-related education, however there are still many gaps regarding the education of food systems since there is predominantly a focus on nutrition-related food education. Thus the goal for this project will be to make accessible a forthcoming framework for food systems literacy competencies in a report for Farm to Cafeteria Canada and other food-education focused organizations in Canada. More specifically, this project will include taking the findings from a 3-round food systems literacy Delphi study that sought to identify competencies for food systems literacy with experts through ranking and translate this into a detailed report that will be useful for Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s Farm to School programming. This report will also help to inform the development of the Farm to School Institute. Such a document will also be helpful for other non-academic organizations in Canada who wish to consult a framework for food systems literacy education and evaluation.

Faculty Supervisor:

Evan Fraser

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Partner:

Farm to Cafeteria Canada

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Guelph

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