In Canada, most local-governance level food system planning research has been conducted in larger, often urban communities. However, producers in small rural communities conduct the majority of Canada’s agricultural activities. Using case-study research, this paper documents how the rural communities of Saint-Camille (Québec) and Salt Spring Island (British Columbia) engage in food system planning. By investigating the background, key achievements, barriers and good practices, the case studies inform a comparative analysis of governance planning processes and community led project development. The results suggest an overlap between the community food system planning and the food sovereignty frameworks, a space discerned as food sovereignty planning.

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• Lavallée-Picard, V., (2025), "Planning for food sovereignty in Canada? A comparative case study of two rural communities", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.73)

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1. British Columbia
2. canada
3. community food system
4. food sovereignty
5. food sovereignty planning
6. food system planning
7. Quebec

Original publication: Lavallée-Picard, Virginie. "Planning for food sovereignty in Canada? A comparative case study of two rural communities." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 3, no. 1, 2016, pp. 71-95. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v3i1.73. This material has been re-published in an unmodified form on the Canadian HSS Commons with the permission of Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation. Copyright © the author(s). Work published in CFS/RCÉA prior to and including Vol. 8, No. 3 (2021) is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY license. Work published in Vol. 8, No. 4 (2021) and after is licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. For details, see creativecommons.org/licenses/.