Future of Food

The West Kootenay "Farmland Database" is an online resource that provides a link for farmers looking for land and land owners looking for farmers. Farmers and landowners are listed by bio-regions within the West Kootenay. This online resource is updated as we are informed. If you are aware of missing information please contact us to update the database. The Farmland Directory was created by The Kaslo Food Security Project with funding from the Food Action Initiative. The Directory is available online at: www.nklcss.org
To contact the Kaslo Food Security Project:

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http://www.certifiedorganic.bc.ca/infonews/conference2012/

End of February, Chiliwack

Greetings all,

I would like to enlist your help in developing a “Calendar of Events” within the Kootenays. Basically what I am asking for are the following information:

Name of Event (Farmer’s market, Seedy Saturday/Sunday, Courses, Plant Sale etc etc.)
Date & Time of Event
Location
Cost (if any ie for vendors and consumers)
Organisers & Contact No.

I personally only know of a handful of events but I am sure there are plenty out there especially what with all the Seedy Saturdays/Sundays that will be upon us very soon!

Please forward to your lists as soon as possible,
thanks!
abra

Hello all,
I believe this is one of the most serious threats to canadian farmers and food sovereignty I have seen in my years of working on food systems. Prime Minister Harper is committed to destroying the Canadian Wheat Board, in opposition to the majority of the farmers it serves, and in the name of the illusion of a "free market" for the farmers.

New research points to direct effects of heat associated with Climate Change already occurring:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/24/us-climate-crops-idUSTRE79N074...

http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Reduce+reliance+imported+produce+repo...

B.C. has by far the most underfunded Ministry of Agriculture in Canada - 3.4 % of Farm GDP Vs. 16.1% average (2008).

Andre

FOOT-DRAGGING ON FARMLAND FIXES:AUDITOR

By Jeff Nagel - BC Local News
Published: October 05, 2011 10:00 AM
Updated: October 05, 2011 10:20 AM

Little to no action has been taken in the year since B.C.'s Auditor General red-flagged a series of big holes in the Agricultural Land Commission's ability to protect farmland.

Auditor General John Doyle's original report in the fall of 2010 contained nine recommendations, some of them urging the ALC to fix inaccurate maps of Agricultural Land Reserve boundaries and tighten enforcement against those who degrade farmland.

Frances Moore Lappé author of groundbreaking book "Diet for a Small Planet" in "The Nation" :

http://www.thenation.com/article/163403/food-movement-its-power-and-poss...

Invite to GE Free BC Major Event

Time: September 19, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Nelson - United Church Hall

Lucy Sharratt CEO Canadian Biotechnology Action Network and Alex Atamanenko at United Church Hall Free admission More info 250 365 2792 or www.cban.ca/events

see attached PDF

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-2520-Job-Info-and-Trends-10-job...

http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=181545

From Brenda Doner at Food Secure Canada/Sécurité Alimentaire Canada. Please consider joining this great organization.
Please take a moment now to forward this email - ask your friends, networks and organizations to join Food Secure Canada

Memberships are how we pay for ebulletins, convening across Canada and carry on the PFPP.

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In this Issue

Resources - social enterprise, corporate agriculture, planning and more

Opportunities -scholarship, land share

In the Media -oceans,farms,buy local policy and more

Gov't of Canada is looking for public input on agricultural policy

http://www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/display-afficher.do?id=1298580210587&lang...
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Excellent slide set presented to the Planners Institute of BC by Wnedy Holmes P.Ag. Note the Kootenays have lost more ALR land than any other region in the province. See attached.

see:

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Build+resilient+food+systems+prof...

Excellent project putting together a national food policy:

http://peoplesfoodpolicy.ca/home

Energy, Food and water...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Energy+security+environmental+ch...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-chen/global-food-crisis_b_852842....

Hi Folks,

With regards to the Agriculture agenda which is apparently being championed by NDP leadership hopeful Mike Farnworth, may I suggest asking questions on his website (which specifically allows for this). The concern being that he not only support the re-institution of a meaningful Ministry of Ag. but that he specifically support small diverse local food production. This is the first time Ag. has been on a would-be leader's agenda since 1972!!!

Hello friends!

I am writing to let you know about an event I am organizing that I think may interest you. (see attached poster)

follow this link to an excellent article by Lester Brown published in the journal "Foreign Policy" :

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/10/the_great_food_crisis_o...

REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL PLAN
Nelson on Nov 23rd from 7 - 9PM at the United Church basement Hall
The Regional District of Central Kootenay would like to encourage and protect farming and food security in our Region.
One of the ways this can be done is through the creation of an agricultural area plan, created with and by the residents of the RDCK.
We invite farmers, food producers and residents of the Region to join us in creating this plan to support viable farms and food for our area.
http://www.agplan.ca/
> 1250.352.5540
> 1250.505.9753#
> andrea@thevisualbluepint.com

See this recent article in The Guardian - the UK's leading daily newspaper

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/25/impending-global-food-...

Hello all you cooking enthusiasts,

Hello Everyone
>
> This year has been great for grain yield and quality. The farmers
> estimate
> at least twice the yield to the past two years. We expect the harvest,
> cleaning and bagging to be finished by the first week of October.
>
> With this increase in harvest more shares are available, so place your
> orders now by going to our website www.kootenaygraincsa.ca. Then go to
> Sign
> Up at the bottom of the page(make sure you scroll down to the bottom) and
> choose one or both of the farmers at *click here.* Both farmers can be

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