What is Food Security

A community enjoys food security when all people, at all times, have access to nutritious, safe, personally acceptable and culturally appropriate foods, produced in ways that are environmentally sound and socially just.

Global agreements such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights  (which Canada has signed) establish food security is a basic human right. Food security may be defined as a situation in which:

1. everyone has assured access to adequate, appropriate and personally acceptable food in a way that does not damage self respect;
2. people are able to earn a living wage by growing, producing, processing, handling, retailing and serving food;
3. the quality of land, air and water are maintained and enhanced for future generations; and
4. food is celebrated as central to community and cultural integrity.

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