Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable

CRFAIR was initiated in the early 1990s as an informal network of organizations involved in promoting food security in the capital region. A roundtable structure was formed that brought together diverse organizations which were involved in the food system in different ways. The first ten years of our work focused on learning and networking, and undertaking public education to make food systems and food security issues a public priority. As the roundtable grew, CRFAIR established the Food Access Working Group, the Food Policy Working Group, the Farmlands Working Group, and the Food Literacy Working Group. Each of these working groups was made up of key stakeholders and experts who identified priorities and undertook research, education and action based projects to address key issues.