Questionnaire for Lachine Food Systems Mapping

1. Here is a list of the questions you will be asked by our student researchers

1. What is the name of your organization?
2. What is your name and your role within the organization?
3. What is the mission of your organization?
4. Is food the primary focus of your organization? Yes – No
5. What food issues does your organization address?
6. Does your organization contribute to a sustainable food system in Lachine? Yes – No
7. If so, how does your organization contribute to a sustainable food system in Lachine?
8. What types of food practices does your organization partake in (see below)?

Food Practices

Production

1. Does your group produce food?
2. Does your group produce equipment to produce food?
3. Does your group produce knowledge about food – declarative and experiential?
4. Does your group produce social capital – community building, networks, partnerships, etc.
5. Other?

Transformation

1. Do you transform food?
2. Cook
3. Prepare
4. Ferment
5. Preserve
6. Process
7. Freeze/store
8. Dehydrate
9. Can
10. Other

Distribution

1. Does your group distribute food (market and non market transactions)?
2. Does your group donate food?
3. Where does your group procure your food?
4. Other?

Waste Management

1. Do you compost?
2. Do you re-purpose food?
3. Do you save seeds?

Support

1. Do you provide support to a food organization?
   – If so, what kind of support

• Money?
• Space?
• Labour?
• Other?

SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM

1. How do you envision a sustainable food system in Lachine?
2. How would your group fit into that vision?