August 19th 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm AST
In this 10th episode of our What the Food?! series, we hear from Justin Cantafio on the role of farmers' markets in addressing systemic food challenges.
Justin Cantafio is a relocalization and food sovereignty advocate, a nonprofit executive, consultant, speaker, and Nuffield Scholar. He presently serves as the Executive Director of Farmers' Markets of Nova Scotia, a non-profit cooperative of over 40 farmer's markets. He is the Co-founder and President of Canadian Farmers' Markets, Canada's national farmers' market association, and a founding member of the UN FAO-funded World Farmers Markets Coalition. Justin is a founder and Director of the Halifax Regional Food Hub Co-operative and a founder and Director with the Atlantic Food Action Coalition. He also serves as an Advisor for the Centre for Local Prosperity, a charitable organisation specialising in relocalization.
English/French interpretation will be available.
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