Community Land Trusts (CLT) Information Event

Join The Sratford Affordable Housing Alliance (SAHA) Thursday May 23 at the Local Community Food Centre in Stratford, ON, from 5:45pm-9pm for an informative conversation about Community Land Trusts.

Expert panelists will paint a picture of how Community Land Trusts and cooperative ownership can address our local affordability concerns, around housing and farmland. You will participate in a Q&A with our panelists and a community consultation on potential next steps . Learn what concrete steps you can take, right now, to help realize this vision of community owned and controlled affordable housing and agriculture in Stratford, Perth and other rural communities/centres in the region.

As part of our presentation, we'll screen two short films from the Depth of Field: Films About Farming series. One features local, Lucky Bug Farm in Baden, ON , the other is about Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol in Les Cèdres, QC. The films speak to the challenges farmers face securing sustainably affordable land and how cooperative models can help.

Panelists include :

• Dominique Russell from the Canadian Network of Community Land Trusts (communityland.ca)
• Susanna Redekop, from Freedom Dreams Cooperative Education (freedomdreamscoop.com),
• Jon Gagnon from Sundance Commons (sundancecommons.com)
• Boris Emanuel, Executive Director of Love Your Neighbour Communities (lyncommunities.com) - and the Mill Block Community hub,
• Samantha Eby and Michael Piper from University of Toronto's ReHousing Project (ReHousing.ca),
• Scott Stager Piatowski from the Community Housing Transformation Centre (https://centre.support/)
• Akanee Yamaki and the FairBnB team (FairBnB.ca)

Plus, a brief presentation prepared by Martin Straathof of the Ontario Farmland Trust (OTF) will be presented on his behalf.

The Stratford Affordable Housing Alliance is advocating for Proportionately Mixed Income (PMI) Affordable Housing in Stratford and Perth County.

Sign the petition: bit.ly/SAHA_Petition

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Accessibility: For support, please contact us in advance of your visit at affordablestratford@gmail.com or (519) 508-3663.

Presented by National Farmers Union-Ontario, Local 341 (Oxford-Perth), Local 335 (Huron), Local 340 (Waterloo-Wellington) and Local 344 (Grey).

Films are presented in partnership with National Farmers Union, March Forth Creative and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Funding for this project has been provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the AgriCommunication Program.

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Depth of Field: Films About Farming

Depth of Field is a series of 40 short documentaries produced and presented by the National Farmers Union and March Forth Creative. The films showcase Canadian farmers and farm workers, and their sustainable farming practices on and off the land. Rotational grazing, seed saving, building healthy soils, and working for social justice– different farmers highlight their own priorities and, together, these films tell the story of farming practices that would create the food system we all want.

National Farmers Union

The National Farmers Union is a farmer-led, democratically-directed farm organization representing Canadian farmers and farm workers, and advocating on issues of importance to us.

March Forth Creative

March Forth Creative is a renowned producer of award-winning documentaries that explore meaningful and timely topics. Their films have been screened across Canada through multiple municipalities and non-profit organizations, and internationally through distribution companies.