What We Get Wrong When We Think About Food Insecurity | Leslie Campbell | TEDxYouth@PCI

Leslie Campbell works at a non-profit food bank in Toronto and has much experience in dealing with food insecurity. In his talk, he emphasizes the important relationship between food insecurity and structural racism. He highlights that solutions to food insecurity must be monetary-based in order to be truly effective. He details the importance of government action, and the steps that everyone can take to help alleviate food insecurity. As a student, Leslie spent a year in Northern Thailand managing an organic farm and developing an agricultural training curriculum, which inspired him to pursue a Master's degree in Geography focusing on the social and ecological aspects of food systems. He then returned overseas, spending two years teaching agriculture in Indonesia and two years working in agricultural research and training in Ethiopia, after which Leslie returned to Canada, excited to engage with food issues more locally. Leslie now works for FoodShare Toronto, where he supports community-led food access initiatives, research and advocacy. This work seeks to broaden conversations about food insecurity to include discussions of the many systems of oppression that hold it in place. He believes strongly in income-based solutions to food insecurity as implemented alongside universally accessible public services, and in the need for those most impacted by these issues to lead the solution-finding process. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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