The North Shore Sharing Gardens Model Leads to Dignified Food Access – From the BC Food Security Gateway The Edible Garden Project mentors community members to grow food and balances donating and selling their produce affordably to local community agencies. “I get the most out of how excited the community is about this work.” says… Read More
Archives for December 2015
Advancing Municipal Food Policy Project
Many communities within Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast have active grass roots food systems projects in the works. Some have collaborated with their municipal governments to have a Food Charter endorsed and some Official Community Plans even mention local food systems. However, a gap still remains when municipalities are presented with these issues and… Read More
Many Growing Food Security Projects on the North Shore
This year’s Table Matters Event, What’s Growing on the North Shore, was a lovely evening peeking into the community based projects sprouting across our community. Hosted at Mountainside Secondary School, the event was smaller than previous years, but this gave it a more grass-roots feeling that fit the tone of the evening. We heard from… Read More