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Rescued Food Lunch

On January 16, the Scaling- up Rescue Project, in conjunction with Sharing Abundance and Quest Food Exchange, served a lunch for 30 seniors at St Agnes Church in North Vancouver. The purpose of the collaboration was to demonstrate how Community Organizations can use rescued food to produce a nutritious meals for their clients. Rescued salmon […]

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Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School

Now Accepting Applications for 2015 Growing new farmers! The Tsawwassen First Nation Farm School is a new collaboration between the Tsawwassen First Nation and the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at Kwantlen University. The Kwantlen Institute for Sustainable Food System is interested in systemic change around our local and global food systems. Cognizant of the […]

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Wake up Call: California Drought & B.C.’s Food Security

Prices for a variety of fruits and vegetables in B.C. could increase up to 34 per cent this year due to the drought in California. According to the report Wake up Call: California Drought & B.C.’s Food Security, which was commissioned by Vancity, drought has persisted in California over the past three years, with the […]

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A third of global food supply is wasted- Globe and Mail

  Patrick Toupin of Metro Plus grocery store, packages extra food into a Moisson Montreal box, in Montreal, October 9, 2014. Metro is among grocers that have a program where food that may otherwise go to waste is donated to Moisson Montreal, one of the country’s largest food drive organizers, and Metro is also considering […]

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Food Faddism Leads to Food Waste

Food faddism leads to food waste CALGARY AB, Sep 15, 2014/ Troy Media/ Is your grocery money going to the landfill? It may be your ‘healthy lifestyle” that’s to blame. According to the Value Change Management Centre, over $27 billion worth of Canadian food winds up in the garbage instead of in our stomachs. Every […]

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From the Ground Up North Shore Table Matters Network Plants Seed for Change – North Shore News

Vancouver Coastal Health provides about $40,000 a year to further community food security on the North Shore and support Table Matters. “We stretch it a long way,” says Broughton. The network’s work is guided by a steering committee, comprised of local leaders involved in a variety of food securityfocused initiatives, and volunteers at large. Table […]

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Just Eat It- a food waste story.

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash? Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of […]

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Lion’s Bay Candidate Survey Results

Download a pdf compilation of the Lion’s Bay Council responses here:  LionsBay_council_responses Candidate Responses: (CLICK ON IMAGE TO MAKE IT LARGER) Download a pdf compilation of all the West Vancouver School District (#45) responses here: West_van_SD_responses Trustee Candidate Rating Responses: Trustee Candidate Written Responses:  

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Bowen Island Candidate Survey Responses

Download a pdf compilation of all the Bowen Council responses here: BowenIs_council_responses Candidate Rating Responses: (CLICK ON IMAGE TO MAKE IT LARGER)   Candidate Written Responses: Download a pdf compilation of all the West Vancouver School District (#45) responses here: West_van_SD_responses Trustee Candidate Rating Responses: Trustee Candidate Written Responses:  

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West Vancouver Candidate Survey Responses

Download a pdf compilation of all the West Vancouver Council responses here:  West_Van_council_responses Candidate Rating Responses: (CLICK ON IMAGE TO MAKE IT LARGER) Candidate Written Responses: Download a pdf compilation of all the West Vancouver School District (#45) responses here: West_van_SD_responses Trustee Candidate Rating Responses: Trustee Candidate Written Responses: