47: The New Grocery Movement: Food, Power, and Policy

Podcast: The Future Herd · Metaviews Media Management Ltd.

Opublikowano: 2026-10-19

Rebecca MacLeod, leader of the New Grocery Movement, argues that food insecurity in Canada is a policy decision — with roughly one in four people food insecure and income inequality as the main driver — and that fixing it requires both legislative change like a basic income and farmer supports, and bottom-up community organizing that rebuilds the local food infrastructure commercial grocery has eroded. She makes the case for public, not-for-profit grocery stores and neighbourhood food hubs as a genuine alternative that treats food less as a consumer transaction and more as a vehicle for community. Show notes: Re...