GC40 Protection of Agricultural Land and Local Food Security (GC 40 2009 – 046)

That the 40th General Council 2009 direct the General Secretary, General Council to develop a study resource to encourage and enable congregations to:

1. become aware of the local planning process.
2. raise awareness of and become involved in their local land use issues.
3. foster connections between their local food producers and consumers.
4. understand the process of food production “from seed to plate”.
5. outline possibilities for local food consumption in the various regions in Canada (e.g., the 100-mile diet, developing urban garden plots).
6. ground this work in our call to live in community and to be stewards of the earth.

GC40 2009 ROP, pp. 185, 390-391