Healthy Food for All The Alternative Food System in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Healthy Food for All The Alternative Food System in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 25 Years of Food Security Policy in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Cecilia Rocha, PhD Centre for Studies in Food Security and School of Nutrition Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada 4th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy University of Toronto, Faculty of Law November 7-9, 2019 Description Develo. [...] Gastronomy and Professional Qualification Vision • “Our secret is the ethics in our work, respect for the people we serve, a philosophy of work dedicated to the neediest population of the city, those who never had access or rights to anything… We wanted to show something new, something which would be ahead of its time from a social and democratic perspective. [...] (Carlos Henrique, Manager of the Popular Restaurant Program, 1994-2012) Principles guiding all programs Right to Food (in Brazil’s constitution since 2010) Social Justice (favouring low-income groups) Universality (fighting stigma) Focus on food quality and safety Main motivation The policy was created in the early 1990s under the newly elected mayor (Patrus Ananias) to reduce hunger and. [...] Participation of civil society Right to Food (Brazil’s Constitution, 2010) FBSAN CONSEA Brazilian Forum National Council Food & Nutrition for Food & Security (1998) Nutrition Security (2003) LOSAN National law on food & nutrition security - 2006 SISAN National System For Food & MUNICIPAL Nutrition Security (BH) COMUSAN CAISAN BH Municipal Council Inter-Sectoral Local for Food & Chamber of Food Con. [...] Partnerships: cost effectiveness (less than 2% of municipal budget) Alternative food system created and maintained by government action Social justice (rather than “locality” or “ecology”) as central motivation – the need for ONE central motivation Inter-sectoral approach to food security Scaling-up local programs to the national level Institutionalization of governance with participat.