Food Sovereignty
Cooper Institute is committed to education and action to promote food sovereignty, which some sectors refer to as "Food Security".
Cooper Institute identifies with the following declaration resulting from the Forum for Food Sovereignty in Mali in 2007. The forum was made up of about 500 representatives from more than 80 countries, of organizations of peasants/family farmers, artisanal fishers, indigenous peoples, landless peoples, rural workers, migrants, pastoralists, forest communities, women, youth, consumers and environmental and urban movements.
Cooper Institute was one of the key organizations involved in the formation of the P.E.I. Food Security Network in 2008. Other organizations involved in the network include P.E.I. Women's Network, the P.E.I. Healthy Eating Alliance, ALERT, P.E.I. People First, P.E.I. Association for Newcomers to Canada, P.E.I. Council of People with Disabilities.
The PEI Food Security Network’s Mission Statement
The PEI Food Security Network is an education and action organization committed to achieving food security in Prince Edward Island. It is dedicated to changing community attitudes and public policy to promote: environmentally appropriate practices for the production and distribution of food; the availability of affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate and personally acceptable food; livable income for producers; the right to food; and PEI self-reliance in food.
Cooper Institute and the PEI Food Security Network are also members of Food Secure Canada