Our Vision
Those experiencing and at-risk of food insecurity to take the lead in determining and shaping the public policies and strategies used to improve their situations.
The UN Right to Food is enshrined in domestic laws, justiciable, and respected, protected and fulfilled in our countries.
Labor policy ensuring workers are paid livable wages with universal income security and responsive government social protections programs available to all.
Charitable food banks and other food aid providers develop exit strategies while promoting alternative solutions to reduce the amount of corporate food waste they distribute.
Our countries to invest in local and regional food and farm economies as paths towards ending hunger, cooling the planet, and achieving food security for all.
Rights Not Charity Podcast Series
Welcome to Rights Not Charity. This podcast series is about a big idea—ensuring everyone has enough food; not as a charitable gift, but as a fundamental human right.
We are the Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health, and Social Justice. We’re a growing collective of foodbank workers, researchers and public policy advocates, and this podcast represents our voices.
Resources
SAFSF – On October 22, 2020, the Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice urged members of the Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders (SAFSF) to go beyond charity and work toward transformational food system change through the first of a two-part webinar series titled: “We Can’t ‘Foodbank’Read More
Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2021 – If someone were to spontaneously ask you where your food comes from, would you know the answer? Do you know who grows it and how? The steps taken and the ingredients used to turn your food into meals? How it reaches marketsRead More
RABBLE.CA BLOGS – Since May, Justice for Migrant Workers (Justicia) has delivered over 2,000 boxes of fresh produce to migrant farm workers across the province. Each of the FoodShare food boxes feed two to four people, meaning that thousands of workers have been relying on these deliveries. Co-ordinating weekly foodRead More
THE CONVERSATION – COVID-19 is revealing critical weaknesses in how we care for each other. While many Canadians are being thrown out of work and need emergency food assistance, food banks have had to shut down operations to deal with physical distancing requirements, reduce staffing as elderly volunteers stay homeRead More
The Ubyssey – Recently, the UBC Library, the AMS and the UBC Okanagan Students Union ran the bi-annual Food for Fines Campaign. The campaign invites students to reduce their UBC library fines by donating non-perishable food items: $3 in fines paid for each food item donated (to a $60 maximum).Read More- The government is essentially subsidising firms to waste food, then redistribute it to boost their reputations. It’s grotesque. THE GUARDIAN – Who benefits from food banks? The donors? The volunteers? The recipients? You might be surprised – and dismayed – to learn that big food corporations from around the worldRead More