Submit Your Food Story

We all have a story to share... Take this opportunity to have your voice heard!

Tell us your stories about the struggles and successes that are part of Canada's food systems.  Eventually, we hope to weave these stories into our People's Food Policy to act as living proof for the ideas we propose.

You can:

  • Report the stories that were shared at your Food Story Circle
  • Tell us your story or the story of someone you know (it could be through an interview - refer to this small guide online!)
  • Tell us the story of your community, its struggles, and how it has overcome barriers.

How? : 

Once you have written or produced your story, please post it on our Food Story Forum!

  • Text and photo: write your story, and post it in our Food Story forum.  Photos can be sent to info[a]peoplesfoodpolicy.ca
  • Video: record the story you want to tell us, upload your video on youtube or vimeo, and share the link of this video with us by posting it on our Food Story Forum.
  • Sound recording: save your story on a recording software such as "Audacity" or "Podproducer", host then your registration on such "TypSoft FTP server" or "Filezilla" free FTP server, retrieve the internet your sound on the FTP server registration link and send it to us!

Here is an example of what we are looking for :

 David Gilbert began by processing his own animals for his family’s table. “People started asking me to butcher their animals as well,” David says, “and so I had to learn how to handle the whole range of species raised in my community. Most of this was custom killing (not for sale, although of course families would exchange from farm to farm). Pretty soon I figured I needed to expand my small building and got a second cooler and species-specific kill floors for food safety. It was all fine until the new regulations which made my whole operation illegal, and there was no way I could meet the cost of the new government requirements.” David had to close his abattoir after 40 years of serving the local farming community, leaving his neighbours with no alternative within their region. To avoid the stress on their animals, and the expense, many small farmers have simply stopped keeping animals.

To read more stories, see our pamphlets.

For Hosting a Food Story Circle, consult our Participation Guide.