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So…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I just walked across Winnipeg. The entire city! Well, actually I first did about 32 kilometers of smaller walks to warm up across different neighborhoods over a recent long weekend in Canada. Then yesterday, Tuesday, May 23, 2023, I walked 40 kilometers across the entire city through a multitude of neighborhoods, starting well before the perimeter highway (that encircles the whole city) and overshooting the perimeter highway to the north by an extra 1.5 of walking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This connected the rural, suburban and urban context. But why did I walk 72 kilometers this weekend?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read more: Food security concerns? Just start a garden!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Walking for Food Security<\/h2>\n

For food security! Specifically, I walked to raise awareness for the concept of having food available for people near where they live. But I also walked because the city of Winnipeg, like all our cities around the world, have immense opportunity for growing food.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

I know this. We all can see this.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

But by taking one step after another step, this Walk Across Winnipeg (tagged as #walkacrosswinnipeg on social media) let me traipse through many neighborhoods and industrial areas, parks, and new developments and all the video and photo footage I captured reveals again and again … and well, again, the truth of this common knowledge. <\/span>We have underutilized space everywhere with tons of opportunities for developing edible landscapes, community gardens, food forests, orchards, backyard edible Edens and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Witnessing the Work<\/h2>\n

Indeed some of the projects I visited show this with their successes and efforts. And people I met along my Winnipeg walk spoke earnestly of their concerns, their optimism and their overwhelming desire to have food in their communities!<\/span><\/p>\n

As I walked, I also conducted a survey of the plant diversity in the city. I noted the amount of unplanted replacement trees\u2014elms\u2014for ash have died. And I celebrated the many types of projects people are engaging in, growing food everywhere around the city. People are doing awesome things already!<\/span><\/p>\n

Would you consider walking across your city or town to observe food security initiatives in practice? I strongly encourage you to.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for my next Walk Across Winnipeg (this time west to east).<\/span> And check out the links below to learn more about my recent walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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