The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems

The LCSFS connects researchers and community partners engaged in sustainable food systems change.

[The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @LCSFSresearch]

We just published our Fall 2024 Newsletter 🍂

Filled with updates, including resources to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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[Wilfrid Laurier University @Laurier]

Join us for MarketFest, a celebration of contemporary Indigenous artists, artisans, performers, thinkers and makers!

📍One Market, Brantford
🗓️ Sept. 27, 3 to 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 28, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
🎟️ Free | Open to all

See the full schedule: https://t.co/ahkkgrQ2io

[Laurier Research @LaurierResearch]

Thanks to $7.8 million in @NSERC_CRSNG + @SSHRC_CRSH funding, Laurier researchers are collaborating with the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Territorial Agrifood Association to build a sustainable food system in the NWT.

Learn more: https://t.co/Z1XwUqAVgn

[UNESCO Chair, FBSS @UNESCOchairFBSS]

Check out this article published in @ConversationCA by our research partners in Veracruz, Mexico about their integration of agroecology as an alternative to glyphosate.

https://t.co/i8bIMXW2ej

@Conahcyt_Mex @Moisees_32

[Wilfrid Laurier University @Laurier]

Times Higher Education ranked #Laurier among the top 15% of global universities in its 2024 University Impact Rankings. Laurier was celebrated for tackling climate change, fostering gender equity, and promoting peaceful and just societies.

Learn more: https://t.co/l2KlXxg0K7

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Another great quote from episode 4! @andrewjspring of the @LCSFSresearch discusses how Northern communities might adapt the concepts of #agroecology to fit their unique cultural practices

Listen 🎧 here!! : https://t.co/bwYmWAg13p

[The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @LCSFSresearch]

Check out the new episode of @HandpickedPodc !

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Episode 4 has arrived! In this episode, we explore the practice of #agroecology in Canada and Brazil

Listen wherever you find your podcasts or on our website here: https://t.co/bwYmWAftdR
@CEDErvaB @LCSFSResearch @EFAO2 @ErinTaceNelson @LaurierResearch

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Have you listened to the latest episode of the Handpicked podcast yet?

Here’s what Dr. Andre Lacerda had to say on some of the threats facing forests and forest communities in Brazil - tune in to hear about how these challenges are being addressed:

@LCSFSresearch
@CedervaB

[The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @LCSFSresearch]

@HandpickedPodc Can't wait to listen!

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Episode 3 of the #VoicingChange season is out now! Listen to it wherever you find your podcasts, or with us on our website: https://t.co/bwYmWAftdR

We hear from Drs Nimmo, Baltzer, Ngalo, & Lacerda for the 2nd part of their talk on #agroforestry #climatechange and communities.

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Episode 3 is out on Monday May 13!

Handpicked Presents: Voicing Change "Forests, Food and People - Part 2"

Stay tuned for part 2 of the conversation between Dr. Eve Nimmo, Dr. Jennifer Baltzer, Dr. Zach Ngalo, and Dr. Andre Lacerda!

@LCSFSresearch @LaurierResearch

[UNESCO Chair, FBSS @UNESCOchairFBSS]

Our FLOW partner from Australia has released a new report and infographic from the Victorian Food Resilience Planning project - the latest phase of the Foodprint Melbourne project!

Read more: https://t.co/F7hZjHsPQq

@DrRachelCarey @maureenfmurphy1 #resilientfoodsystem

[The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @LCSFSresearch]

Check out the latest episode of our podcast!

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Episode 2 is out now!

This conversation was so fascinating we had to break it up into two episodes. Find part 1 wherever you listen to podcasts, or on our website: https://t.co/bwYmWAftdR

@CedervaB @LCSFSResearch @LaurierResearch

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Find our newest episode featuring the #VoicingChange project and @CedervaB wherever you listen to podcasts, or at the link below!

https://t.co/loVdkpkJiY

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Season 4 is here!

Handpicked Presents: Voicing change - "Introducing Voicing Change" is out now wherever you listen or at the link below.

We can't wait for you to hear it.

@CedervaB @Rongo_Uni @Laurier @LaurierResearch @LCSFSresearch @LaurierSci

https://t.co/5N2sR1ZqbS

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Have you been waiting for a new season of your favourite podcast, Handpicked?

Well, we're back on Monday to share an incredible project with you called, #VoicingChange

You'll hear about the synergies between work being done in the NWT, Kenya, & Brazil

https://t.co/dDl7K6fIlS

[Handpicked Podcast @HandpickedPodc]

Did you hear Handpicked is back?

Season 4 will be presenting episodes from the Voicing Change project, a partnership between the NWT, Brazil & Kenya.

New episodes are out every Monday, starting April 29!

@CedervaB @LaurierResearch @LCSFSresearch @FLEdGEresearch @wlupress

[Laurier Research @LaurierResearch]

After a productive first term, the UNESCO Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies has been renewed for four more years at Laurier.

Chairholder Alison Blay-Palmer reflects on the chair's achievements since 2019 and research priorities ahead: https://t.co/sEVIwLstcY

[UNESCO Chair, FBSS @UNESCOchairFBSS]

@UNESCOchairFBSS renewed for another four years at @Laurier!

Learn more about the past 4 and future 4 years of the Chair here: https://t.co/G5vSFoX49z
“I see my role as a conductor, enabling these people and projects to work together in a positive way," says @blaypalmer

[The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems @LCSFSresearch]

Upcoming press conference on the presidential decree to end glyphosate use in Mexico - highlighting 25 research projects dedicated to finding feasible, sustainable alternatives

[Secretaría de Ciencia @Secihti_Mx]

#Conahcyt, la Subsecretaría de Autosuficiencia Alimentaria de @Agricultura_mex y la @PAgraria invitan a la conferencia de prensa “Atención al Decreto para prescindir del glifosato en México”.

🗓️ 27 marzo 2024
🕐 13:00 h
➡️ https://t.co/ETJ7dQ3i0J