Wayne Roberts (activist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Wayne Roberts (activist)

food policy analyst and writer, manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council from 2000-2010.

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1944

Place of Birth: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: journalist

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Wayne Roberts (born September 30, 1944) is a Canadian food policy analyst and writer.
He is known for his role as the manager of the Toronto Food Policy Council (TFPC) from 2000-2010.
The TFPC, a citizen body of thirty food activists, is responsible for generating food policy for the City of Toronto government.As a leading member of the City of Toronto government's Environmental Task Force, Roberts helped develop a number of official plans for the city, including its Environmental Plan Clean, Green and Healthy: A Plan for an Environmentally Sustainable Toronto and Toronto's Food Charter.
These were adopted by Toronto City Council in 2000 and 2001 respectively.
His manual, based on Toronto's experiences, is called, Food for City Building: a Field Guide for Planners, Actionists and Entrepreneurs.Roberts included many ideas and projects of the TFPC in his book, The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food (2013).In April 2009, under Roberts's leadership, the TFPC received the Bob Hunter Environmental Achievement Award for its efforts to make food an action item on the environmental agenda.
The TFPC also won honorary mention for a major award from the Community Food Security Coalition that honors exceptional work to promote food sovereignty in October 2009.