Wayne Roberts | |
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Born | |
Died | January 20, 2021 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | Food policy analyst and writer, Rabble.ca columnist, food activist and public speaker |
Known for | Food policy |
Awards | Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal[1] Food Secure Canada's Lifetime Achievement Award |
Wayne Roberts (30 September 1944 – 20 January 2021) was a Canadian food policy analyst and writer. He was known for his role as the manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) from 2000-2010. The TFPC, a citizen body of thirty food activists, is responsible for generating food policy for the City of Toronto government.[2]
As a leading member of the City of Toronto government's Environmental Task Force, Roberts helped develop a number of official plans for the city, including its Environmental Plan Clean, Green and Healthy: A Plan for an Environmentally Sustainable Toronto and Toronto's Food Charter. These were adopted by Toronto City Council in 2000 and 2001 respectively.[3] His manual, based on Toronto's experiences, is called, Food for City Building: a Field Guide for Planners, Actionists and Entrepreneurs.[4]
Roberts included many ideas and projects of the TFPC in his book, The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food (2013).[5]
In April 2009, under Roberts's leadership, the TFPC received the Bob Hunter Environmental Achievement Award for its efforts to make food an action item on the environmental agenda.[6] The TFPC also won honorary mention for a major award from the Community Food Security Coalition that honors exceptional work to promote food sovereignty in October 2009.
Roberts died on 20 January 2021 at the age of 76.[7]
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