Winnipeg Food Council

Ad hoc committee

Function

The Food Council’s function is to:

Advise the Mayor and Council on food system related issues
Support the work of the community on food issues, enhance public health and local food security, and increase food literacy and access to food
Initiate the development of, and support the implementation, maintenance and evaluation of a City of Winnipeg Agricultural and Food Strategy to address municipal food security and food system issues.

Meeting agendas & minutes

Members

Elected Officials

Councillor Schreyer, Chairperson
Councillor Wyatt

Citizen Members

Appointments for a 2-year term to expire December 31, 2023:

Manas Banerjee - Food Production
James Battershill - Food Production
Dustin Hoft - Food Business
Kelly Janz - Research
Nita Sharda - Citizen Member

Appointments for a 2-year term to expire December 31, 2024:

Abigail Legaspi - Community Group
Asha Nelson - Citizen Member
Michaela Calderwood - Citizen Member

Nominated by the Province of Manitoba (non-voting)

Vacant

Nominated by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Martina Gornik-Marion - 2-year term to expire December 31, 2024

Jurisdiction

Clause 4 of the Report of the Executive Policy Committee dated February 8, 2017, as adopted by Council on February 22, 2017.

(For Terms of Reference, see Item No. 9, Council Decision April 28, 2022, Attachment of the Report of the Executive Policy Committee dated April 20, 2022)

Composition

12 Members (11 voting members and one non-voting member):

one member of Council
one member from health sector nominated by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
two members involved with food production
one member from food businesses
one member from research sector
one member from community groups or networks connected to food issues
up to three citizen members at large
one representative nominated by the Province of Manitoba (non-voting)