Monday, February 28, 2005
Self-Reliance / Food Prep
BC List of Available Community Kitchens
VANCOUVER, BC Feb. 8, 2005 (Vancouver Community Kitchen Project) - Thank you to everyone who submitted information about their community kitchens to me in December. The following link will get you to our CK database on our website. A COMMUNITY KITCHEN is a group of individuals who meet regularly to cook healthy, nutritious meals. Everyone is expected to participate in the menu selection, shopping, preparation, and cooking; the only requirement is an interest in food. (The unofficial number of community kitchens in BC is 213. 150 found in the lowermainland and 63 in the rest of the province.) http://www.communitykitchens.ca/index.php?module=pnAddressBook&func=main.
BC List of Available Community Kitchens
VANCOUVER, BC Feb. 8, 2005 (Vancouver Community Kitchen Project) - Thank you to everyone who submitted information about their community kitchens to me in December. The following link will get you to our CK database on our website. A COMMUNITY KITCHEN is a group of individuals who meet regularly to cook healthy, nutritious meals. Everyone is expected to participate in the menu selection, shopping, preparation, and cooking; the only requirement is an interest in food. (The unofficial number of community kitchens in BC is 213. 150 found in the lowermainland and 63 in the rest of the province.) http://www.communitykitchens.ca/index.php?module=pnAddressBook&func=main.
Leadership Training / Urban Farming
Ecological Agriculture & Society Internship
WEB Reference, Feb. 16, 2005 (EFSWN) - This program combines traditional academics with hands-on work at an urban, organic farm that produces tens of thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables each season for low-income Missoulians. The internship - available for both undergraduate and graduate credit - is offered fall, summer, and spring. Students may farm for a season, a year or longer. The longer you stay, the more responsibility & learning you take on. Students also visit other organic farms & ranches & learn about local food processing and marketing. They learn to help reconnect people to the land through local food. Students bond by sharing work, knowledge, and food they grow and prepare.http://www.gardencityharvest.org/PEAS.htm.
Ecological Agriculture & Society Internship
WEB Reference, Feb. 16, 2005 (EFSWN) - This program combines traditional academics with hands-on work at an urban, organic farm that produces tens of thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables each season for low-income Missoulians. The internship - available for both undergraduate and graduate credit - is offered fall, summer, and spring. Students may farm for a season, a year or longer. The longer you stay, the more responsibility & learning you take on. Students also visit other organic farms & ranches & learn about local food processing and marketing. They learn to help reconnect people to the land through local food. Students bond by sharing work, knowledge, and food they grow and prepare.http://www.gardencityharvest.org/PEAS.htm.
Food Security / Solutions
Farm Freedom Discussion on Your Computer with Farm Chain Radio
LISTSERV, Feb. 24, 2005 (MetroFarm, Michael Olsen) - A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking real money. And we are talking real money, when we give farmers 14.6 billion dollars a year to grow crops! This Saturday at 9AM Pacific, the Food Chain with Michael Olson hosts John Hansen from the Nebraska Farmers Union and Harwood Schaffer from the University of Tennessee for Part 2 of a 3-part series on farm subsidies. (Listen on your computer anytime at www.metrofarm.com) Topics include why taxpayers subsidize farmers; why many farmers are dissatisfied with the government’s current "Freedom to Farm" subsidy program; and what will happen to the food supply if government withdraws its subsidies. Listeners are invited to call the program on KFRM, KGET, KGOE, KNTK, KOMY, KSCO ,KSIR, KTIP, KVON, WKKD, TRUTH RADIO and the HEALTH RADIO NETWORK with questions and comments, or log them to the Forum page at www.metrofarm.com.
Farm Freedom Discussion on Your Computer with Farm Chain Radio
LISTSERV, Feb. 24, 2005 (MetroFarm, Michael Olsen) - A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon we’re talking real money. And we are talking real money, when we give farmers 14.6 billion dollars a year to grow crops! This Saturday at 9AM Pacific, the Food Chain with Michael Olson hosts John Hansen from the Nebraska Farmers Union and Harwood Schaffer from the University of Tennessee for Part 2 of a 3-part series on farm subsidies. (Listen on your computer anytime at www.metrofarm.com) Topics include why taxpayers subsidize farmers; why many farmers are dissatisfied with the government’s current "Freedom to Farm" subsidy program; and what will happen to the food supply if government withdraws its subsidies. Listeners are invited to call the program on KFRM, KGET, KGOE, KNTK, KOMY, KSCO ,KSIR, KTIP, KVON, WKKD, TRUTH RADIO and the HEALTH RADIO NETWORK with questions and comments, or log them to the Forum page at www.metrofarm.com.
Farmer Support / Community Involvement
Family Farmed EXPO Celebrates Local Organic Food
CHICAGO, IL, Feb. 25, 2005 (FamilyFarmed.org) - Welcome to FamilyFarmed.org. We are here to help you access locally grown organic and sustainably produced food. Our partners include many of the Midwest's best family farmers as well as retailers and restaurants that sell organic food. Our goal is to help family farmers across the region thrive by linking them to buyers at retail establishments, through the Internet, and at our FamilyFarmed.org Expo. http://www.familyfarmed.org.
Family Farmed EXPO Celebrates Local Organic Food
CHICAGO, IL, Feb. 25, 2005 (FamilyFarmed.org) - Welcome to FamilyFarmed.org. We are here to help you access locally grown organic and sustainably produced food. Our partners include many of the Midwest's best family farmers as well as retailers and restaurants that sell organic food. Our goal is to help family farmers across the region thrive by linking them to buyers at retail establishments, through the Internet, and at our FamilyFarmed.org Expo. http://www.familyfarmed.org.
Exemplary Resources / Food
Research Library: People: Food
WEB Reference, Feb. 2005 (Worldwatch Institute) - Worldwatch research on food and agriculture starts from the premise that farming is about more than producing food. Sustainably practiced, agriculture contributes to environmental protection, economic sustainability and rural welfare. Today's dominant farming systems produce in abundance, but they typically deplete soils, poison land and waterways, depend heavily on fossil fuels, and jeopardize the livelihoods of small farmers. The Institute's research stresses the potential of agriculture to serve the public interest by protecting ecosystems, ensuring that no one goes hungry, and providing a stable economic base for rural communities. Future food-related research at Worldwatch will look at ways of making food systems more localized, and at the prospects for urban farming.
Researchers ·Brian Halweil ·Danielle Nierenberg . http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/people/food/.
Research Library: People: Food
WEB Reference, Feb. 2005 (Worldwatch Institute) - Worldwatch research on food and agriculture starts from the premise that farming is about more than producing food. Sustainably practiced, agriculture contributes to environmental protection, economic sustainability and rural welfare. Today's dominant farming systems produce in abundance, but they typically deplete soils, poison land and waterways, depend heavily on fossil fuels, and jeopardize the livelihoods of small farmers. The Institute's research stresses the potential of agriculture to serve the public interest by protecting ecosystems, ensuring that no one goes hungry, and providing a stable economic base for rural communities. Future food-related research at Worldwatch will look at ways of making food systems more localized, and at the prospects for urban farming.
Researchers ·Brian Halweil ·Danielle Nierenberg . http://www.worldwatch.org/topics/people/food/.
Heroic Actions / Personal Impact
What Individuals Can Do
WEB Reference, Feb. 20, 2005 (WorldWatch Institute) - What defines "local" food? Is it food from one's nation? From one's state or province? From farms within 50 kilometers of your house? When ecologist Gary Nabhan decided to eat locally for a year, he drew the line at 400 kilometers from his house, partly guided by the size of the watershed in which he lived. Nutritionist Joan Gussow suggests trying to buy food produced "within a day's leisurely drive of our homes," a goal "designed to maintain a living countryside." Regardless of the precise definition, there are several actions people can take to promote local food systems: http://www.worldwatch.org/features/food/wycd/.
What Individuals Can Do
WEB Reference, Feb. 20, 2005 (WorldWatch Institute) - What defines "local" food? Is it food from one's nation? From one's state or province? From farms within 50 kilometers of your house? When ecologist Gary Nabhan decided to eat locally for a year, he drew the line at 400 kilometers from his house, partly guided by the size of the watershed in which he lived. Nutritionist Joan Gussow suggests trying to buy food produced "within a day's leisurely drive of our homes," a goal "designed to maintain a living countryside." Regardless of the precise definition, there are several actions people can take to promote local food systems: http://www.worldwatch.org/features/food/wycd/.
EcoDesign / Govt. Resources
Sustainable Urban Food Production in the City of Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC, Web Reference, Feb. 20, 2005 (City Farmer) - An Analytical and Strategy Framework for Planners and Decision-Makers - Written and researched byRob Barrs, School of Community & Regional Planning, UBC. References and Appendices are not included in this web version. http://www.cityfarmer.org/barrsUAvanc.html.
Sustainable Urban Food Production in the City of Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC, Web Reference, Feb. 20, 2005 (City Farmer) - An Analytical and Strategy Framework for Planners and Decision-Makers - Written and researched byRob Barrs, School of Community & Regional Planning, UBC. References and Appendices are not included in this web version. http://www.cityfarmer.org/barrsUAvanc.html.
Events / Simple Living – Vancouver Island, BC – May 16 – Sep. 2
Permaculture Skillbuilder 2005 2
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC (O.U.R. EcoVillage) - TOPIA: The Sustainable Learning Community Institute Presents: "PERMACULTURE DESIGN AND ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION SKILLBUILDER" May 16th – September 2nd 2005 (Optional extra month practicum to Oct. 2nd) Location: O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. , Canada. http://ourecovillage.org/perm2005.html.
Permaculture Skillbuilder 2005 2
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, BC (O.U.R. EcoVillage) - TOPIA: The Sustainable Learning Community Institute Presents: "PERMACULTURE DESIGN AND ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION SKILLBUILDER" May 16th – September 2nd 2005 (Optional extra month practicum to Oct. 2nd) Location: O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE, Shawnigan Lake, B.C. , Canada. http://ourecovillage.org/perm2005.html.
Events / Permaculture / Vancouver, BC – Mar. 19
Edible Garden Species workshop
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 1, 2005 (Vancouver Permaculture Net) - For those who want to know more about whats out there in the way of heritage, native and unusual food crops and how to decide which plant grows best in which location. There will be an emphasis on perenial plants, which require less maintenance and soil disruption than annuals. We will also look at common medicinals. Instructors: Diane Falvey and Grant Watson. Cost: $75. Lunch included. 9am-4pm Mar 19,1937 West 2nd Ave. To register, call Grant at 604-872-4060, kgwatson@telus.net.
Edible Garden Species workshop
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 1, 2005 (Vancouver Permaculture Net) - For those who want to know more about whats out there in the way of heritage, native and unusual food crops and how to decide which plant grows best in which location. There will be an emphasis on perenial plants, which require less maintenance and soil disruption than annuals. We will also look at common medicinals. Instructors: Diane Falvey and Grant Watson. Cost: $75. Lunch included. 9am-4pm Mar 19,1937 West 2nd Ave. To register, call Grant at 604-872-4060, kgwatson@telus.net.
