In an effort to think about innovative and comprehensive federal food and agricultural policies, this commentary offers some insight into Québec’s integrated agricultural policy framework. In theory, key operating principles such as the precautionary principle, multifunctionality and subsidiarity integrate health, social, rural and environmental goals and therefore might contribute to a joined up and healthier food system.

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• Martorell, H., Abergel, E., (2025), "Building joined-up agricultural policies: Lessons from Québec", HSSCommons: (DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.322)

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1. agricultural policy
2. multifunctionality
3. precautionary principle
4. Quebec
5. subsidiarity

Original publication: Martorell, Hugo; Abergel, Elisabeth. "Building joined-up agricultural policies: Lessons from Québec." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation, vol. 5, no. 3, 2018, pp. 259-265. DOI: 10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.322. 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/.