Full Name
Anan Lololi
Job Title
Chair Black Food Sovereignty Working Group
Company
Afri-Can FoodBasket -Black Food Sovereignty Toronto
Speaker Bio
Anan Xola Lololi is a Food Sovereignty advocate, musician, and vegan (46 years). One of the founders ofvthe Afri-Can FoodBasket (AFB), launched in 1995 in Toronto. Executive director of AFB (1995-2021).
Promotes Food Sovereignty, and Food Justice in Toronto, North America, and the Caribbean.
Anan has a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University and a diploma in Business Administration from Centennial College. Anan is presently a Research Associate Fellow @ Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Studies in Food Security & Chair of the Black Food Sovereignty Working Group (BFSWG-Toronto).
He was a founder member of the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative, an executive and founder member of the Community Food Security Coalition of North America – Outreach & Diversity Committee, member of the City of Toronto Food Policy Council, present Board member of Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, food policy consultant of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Anan since 2018 has managed the AFB program, the Black Food Sovereignty Toronto (https://www.bfstoronto.ca/). He is a food sovereignty community consultant with the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism unit (CABR) https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/community/confronting-anti-black-racism/.
Promotes Food Sovereignty, and Food Justice in Toronto, North America, and the Caribbean.
Anan has a master’s degree in environmental studies from York University and a diploma in Business Administration from Centennial College. Anan is presently a Research Associate Fellow @ Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Studies in Food Security & Chair of the Black Food Sovereignty Working Group (BFSWG-Toronto).
He was a founder member of the Growing Food and Justice for All Initiative, an executive and founder member of the Community Food Security Coalition of North America – Outreach & Diversity Committee, member of the City of Toronto Food Policy Council, present Board member of Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, food policy consultant of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Anan since 2018 has managed the AFB program, the Black Food Sovereignty Toronto (https://www.bfstoronto.ca/). He is a food sovereignty community consultant with the City of Toronto’s Confronting Anti-Black Racism unit (CABR) https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/community/confronting-anti-black-racism/.
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