ONLINE – Feeding the City, Pandemic and Beyond: Voices from Local Grocery Stores and Public Markets in a Diverse City
Wed, 28 October 2020 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT | REGISTRATION REQUIRED via EventBrite
How have local markets and grocery stores pivoted in the time of COVID-19 to continue feeding their communities? How can these local businesses help build a resilient food system in a diverse city? What new challenges and opportunities lay ahead? Join us from Tkaronto (Toronto) for an interactive roundtable featuring:
Mario Masellis – Mario is a second-generation Italian-Canadian grocer. He and his family own Masellis, a grocery store that has operated at the same Toronto location since 1959. Each week, they deal with more than twenty-five small producers, and are locally renowned for making heritage foods, such as their own Italian sausage, and for personalized customer advice on everything from cheese to rosemary plants.
Ran Goel – Ran is founder and CEO of Fresh City Farms. He describes the business as a “values driven company” which aims to source locally and organically whenever possible, and to operate sustainably with minimal environmental impact and high labour standards. They grow a portion of their produce at their urban farm, while the remainder of their products are sourced from Southern Ontario and abroad.
Marina Queirolo – Marina is a member of the Toronto Food Policy Council, and previously managed food programs at the Evergreen Brickworks where she created a suite of programs to promote food literacy, community development, local entrepreneurship, and placemaking. When she first moved to Canada from Argentina, she was renowned for her sûrkl empanadas that sold at fine food shops and farmers markets.
Jointly moderated by Jayeeta (Jo) Sharma, Associate Professor of History and Food Studies at the Culinaria Research Centre of the University of Toronto, and Project Lead for Feeding the City; and Jaclyn Rohel, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Culinaria Research Centre.
Supported by the Culinaria Research Centre, University of Toronto Scarborough.
www.FeedingCity.org | Register here.