International agreements like the Sustainable Development Goals, the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, and the New Urban Agenda can be imagined as shared blueprints for change. However, agreements negotiated between international actors can be difficult to implement at local and regional scales. In this episode of Handpicked, we talk to food systems actors and researchers working to connect international agreements with municipal and regional policy development. In our conversation with Alison Blay-Palmer, Patricia Ballamingie, Barbara Emmanuel, and Theresa Schumilas we examine how international agreements are important tools for decisionmakers concerned with food, consider how storytelling is an important part of meaningful food advocacy and policy development, and look at how the City of Toronto’s has used the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact to inform policy and program development across the city.  

Contributors

Co-Producers & Hosts: Amanda DiBattista & Laine Young Sound Design & Editing: Adedotun Babajide & Laine Young Research Assistants: Chiamaka Okafor-Justin & Jake Bernstein

Guests

Alison Blay-Palmer  Patricia Ballamingie Barbara Emanuel Theresa Schumilas

Support & Funding

Wilfrid Laurier University The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Balsillie School for International Affairs  CIGI

Music Credits

Keenan Reimer-Watts

Resources

Levers for Food system Change Panel Discussion The Sustainable Development Goals The New Urban Agenda The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Toronto Food Strategy Toronto Food Strategy 2018 Report Toronto’s Adaptation of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Indicator Framework, presented at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Mayors Summit, 2018 The Seed Map Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems